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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Fredrickson delivers on the promise of A Safe Place for Dying (2006), a Shamus Award finalist, with this fine follow-up. When an attorney informs PI Vlodek Dek Elstrom that he's been named executor of the estate of Louise Thomas of Rambling, Mich., curiosity and a $700 fee are enough to send Dek from his home in Rivertown, Ill., to desolate Rambling, even though he's never heard of the deceased woman. Dek finds more mystery in Thomass shack—blood spatters, remnants of a frantic search and an old Underwood typewriter. Dek eventually figures out how he and Thomas connect, but in the process unearths mysteries involving an advice columnist, a bank robbery, arson and murder. Dek is an appealing combination of bloodhound and bulldog, albeit one still in the puppy stage. Fredricksons light touch, nicely drawn secondary characters and clever plotting make this a promising series with enough substance to make a meal, not just a snack. (Jan.)
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Review
"Written in a humorous style...and featuring an Elmore Leonard-like eye for detail, this is a promising new series." - Library Journal"
A woman he doesn't know names Dek Elstrom executor of her will.Dek's life has taken a dismal turn. He's recently divorced, and his investigating career has tanked. Broke and dispirited, he expects little change in his luck when lawyer Aggert telephones him to inform him that the late Louise Thomas has made him her executor. "How much would that cost me?" asks Dek, an indication of how far south of optimism he's drifted. On learning of a $700 executor's fee, he swiftly agrees to meet with the attorney. But he's puzzled by the fact that the name Louise Thomas means nothing to him. It's a mystery that deepens, unsettlingly, when he discovers that she was murdered during a break-in. Then, on her desk, he finds the hard-used, dilapidated relic of a manual typewriter that shifts his perspective forcefully. A long time ago Dek loved and lost a girl who owned the clone of that ancient machine. Could it possibly be the same one? If it is, Dek knows he has more than a straightf
Fredrickson delivers on the promise of A Safe Place for Dying (2006), a Shamus Award finalist, with this fine follow-up. When an attorney informs PI Vlodek Dek Elstrom that he's been named executor of the estate of Louise Thomas of Rambling, Mich., curiosity and a $700 fee are enough to send Dek from his home in Rivertown, Ill., to desolate Rambling, even though he's never heard of the deceased woman. Dek finds more mystery in Thomass shack—blood spatters, remnants of a frantic search and an old Underwood typewriter. Dek eventually figures out how he and Thomas connect, but in the process unearths mysteries involving an advice columnist, a bank robbery, arson and murder. Dek is an appealing combination of bloodhound and bulldog, albeit one still in the puppy stage. Fredricksons light touch, nicely drawn secondary characters and clever plotting make this a promising series with enough substance to make a meal, not just a snack. (Jan.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
"Written in a humorous style...and featuring an Elmore Leonard-like eye for detail, this is a promising new series." - Library Journal"
A woman he doesn't know names Dek Elstrom executor of her will.Dek's life has taken a dismal turn. He's recently divorced, and his investigating career has tanked. Broke and dispirited, he expects little change in his luck when lawyer Aggert telephones him to inform him that the late Louise Thomas has made him her executor. "How much would that cost me?" asks Dek, an indication of how far south of optimism he's drifted. On learning of a $700 executor's fee, he swiftly agrees to meet with the attorney. But he's puzzled by the fact that the name Louise Thomas means nothing to him. It's a mystery that deepens, unsettlingly, when he discovers that she was murdered during a break-in. Then, on her desk, he finds the hard-used, dilapidated relic of a manual typewriter that shifts his perspective forcefully. A long time ago Dek loved and lost a girl who owned the clone of that ancient machine. Could it possibly be the same one? If it is, Dek knows he has more than a straightf