Artscape - Couverture souple

Ramsay, Frederick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1590582853 ISBN 13 : 9781590582855

Editeur : Poisoned Pen Press, 2006

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ike Schwartz thought he could return to his hometown and ditch the demons that pursue him. More than anything, he wanted to blot out the pain and anger that came when his wife of less than a month was gunned down in a CIA foul-up. So he buried himself as sheriff in rural Picketsville, Virginia, a community indistinguishable from any of the hundreds of small towns that hang like beads on Interstate 81 running from Pennsylvania down to Georgia. Aside from its Civil War history, Picketsville's only real claim to fame is Callend College, a private women's school located just within its corporate limits. The college is notable, in turn, for housing one half of the billion dollar Dillon art collection, carefully secured in an underground bunker originally built in the late 1950s as a super bomb shelter. It's bad news for both Dr. Ruth Harris, the newly hired president of the college, and for a shadowy group whose services have been contracted by Middle Eastern fanaticsThe New Jihadwhen the collection is scheduled to be removed to New York. The plan is to steal the half billion dollars worth of fine art and statuary, and ransom it back for millions. With the closure of the facility imminent, the operation must be moved forward, which, in turn, creates unanticipated risks and problems. And everyone dismisses Ike Schwartz as a stereotypical rural sheriff. He is, however, a man with uncommon skills, a tough hide, and a notable pastall of which make an arresting first novel.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Frederick Ramsay was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Upon graduating from Washington and Lee University in Virginia, he received his doctorate from the University of Illinois - Westside Medical Campus. After a stint in the Army, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland, School of Medicine, teaching Anatomy, Embryology and Histology; engaged in research and also served as an Associate Dean. During this time he also pursued studies in theology and in 1971 was ordained an Episcopal priest. He is the author of several scientific and general articles, tracts, theses, and co-author of The Baltimore Declaration. He is an accomplished public speaker and once hosted a television spot, Prognosis, on the evening news for WMAR-TV, Baltimore. He is also an iconographer with works displayed around the world. He lives in Surprise, Arizona, with his wife and partner, Susan. Secrets is his second novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Poisoned Pen Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590582853
• ISBN 13: 9781590582855
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 249
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible