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The Dead Detective (2010)

by William Heffernan(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1936070618 (ISBN13: 9781936070619)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Akashic Books

review 1: This is a super awesome police procedural / mystery. The crime is heinous and worthy of a Law & Order episode without being over-the-top raunchy. The "dead detective's" intuition about the crime is believable and stays well away from the Sylvia Browne zone (as I like to call it). There's a good balance between the detective's hang-ups and the possible hang-ups of the murderer. There's a great cast of minor characters too - including Rubio Marti, the detective's informant.
review 2: Heffernan's latest venture is a police procedural set in Tarpon Springs, FL. The new character Harry Doyle is well written, though my fear is that a series character, from Heffernan, might not be my cup of tea. I've only read one of his other works where a series character existed a... morend while it was fine, I felt like books like A Time Gone By and Beulah Hill were stronger stories. I realize it's not fair to compare The Dead Detective to those other books. It's just a matter of preference for me. Regardless, this new story was worth reading and I'll happily check out some new work in the series as it emerges. less

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