No More Illusions...A Mystery: (Second Edition) - Couverture souple

Babka, Daniel

 
9780991060122: No More Illusions...A Mystery: (Second Edition)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0991060121 ISBN 13 : 9780991060122
Editeur : Blue Squirrel Press, 2014

Synopsis

Dylan Blake, a rookie cop at age 40 promoted to detective, finds his vacation interrupted when the Chief of Police asks him to take a look at an accident scene along the Pacific Coast Highway near Big Sur.

Part-mystery, part-romance, part suspense. . .a story that twists like the Pacific Coast Highway from Big Sur to Northern California and across the mountains to Utah featuring a likeable detective, his independent, twice-divorced girlfriend and a murder.

The cast of characters includes a successful business woman, a treacherous ex-husband, a billionaire brother, a kid from Compton, an aging Mafioso yearning for a good fight, a small-town police chief, and a shaggy mutt of a dog appropriately named Watson.

Kirkus Reviews (America’s premier and oldest book reviewer) describes the book as "Accomplished, ambitious crime fiction...a multilayered tale that has shades of California noir à la Chinatown." 5 STARS, "Best Books" from IndieReader. "...Written in the style of Elmore Leonard," says the San Francisco Book Review.

There are no cardboard characters or stereotypes, no serial killers, pure sociopaths, gang members, or terrorists. And that, in and of itself, distinguishes this novel from most of what's out there these days. Perhaps surprisingly, and despite what you might suppose given the subject matter, the story has a positive noir vibe--it's the antithesis of bleak and cynical, and it's a seriously layered, good read. You won't be disappointed.

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À propos de l'auteur

Daniel Babka grew up in a small midwestern town. He served in VISTA, the domestic Peace Corps, attended law school and a theological seminary, managed housing in New York City's toughest neighborhoods, and ran a couple of small, start-up companies. He's an avid hiker who like Dylan Blake, the detective he writes about, needs time in nature. Daniel has two grown children and lives in the Northern California foothills. He is presently at work on two new Dylan Blake mysteries and several short stories.

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Éditeur
Blue Squirrel Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0991060121
ISBN 13 
9780991060122
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
462
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