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Ways Of The Dead (2014)

by Neely Tucker(Favorite Author)
3.77 of 5 Votes: 3
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English
publisher
Cornerstone Digital
review 1: Inspired by a real set of serial killings in Wash DC during the 1990s this suspenseful mystery puts newspaper journalist Sully Sullivan on the trail after the daughter of a prominent judge is found killed and tossed in a dumpster. It then comes to light that many local girls have gone missing, but as most of them were not "females of privilege" their disappearances for the most part have been ignored. Using his journalistic skills and moxy, Sully explores all his contacts in the area and discovers a number of suspects, including the judge himself, who might have motives and thus fall under suspicion. This is the first mystery by Neely Tucker and if this debut novel is any indication, he is one author to follow. Very skilled writing up to the last page
review 2:... more> MAN! I did NOT expect that solution to the mystery. And I REALLY did not expect THAT ending to the book! I haven't been that far off in the solution of a who-done-it since reading Agatha Christie and she always managed to throw you because she never gave you all the clues. In this book, all the clues are there, they are just masked by what your brain says is meant. You miss them because of your mind set and it's assumptions. Good job, Tucker. I think I'll try your next book. less
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mirandaacook
Not bad at all. Some hard boiled cliches but complex characters and situations.
Amy
This had high praise from Michael Connelly; what more need I say!
Angel
Rec for summer 2014, Square Books, MS
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