The Prodigal Son
Registered by xtrdnry of Parkdale, Victoria Australia on 10/9/2019
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HOLLOMAN, CONNECTICUT, 1969. A lethal toxin, extracted from the blowfish, is stolen from a laboratory at Chubb University. It kills within minutes and leaves no trace behind, and worried biochemist Dr. Millie Hunter reports the theft at once to her father, Medical Examiner Dr. Patrick O’Donnell.
Patrick’s cousin Captain Carmine Delmonico is therefore quick off the mark when the bodies start to mount up. A sudden death at a dinner party followed by another at a gala black-tie event seem at first to be linked only by the poison and the presence of Dr. Jim Hunter, a scientist on the brink of greatness and husband to Millie. A black man married to a white woman, Dr. Jim has faced scandal and prejudice for most of his life, so what would cause him to risk it all now? Is he being framed for murder—and if so, by whom? Carmine and his detectives must follow the trail through the university town’s crowd of eccentrics, no matter how close to home it may lead.
Patrick’s cousin Captain Carmine Delmonico is therefore quick off the mark when the bodies start to mount up. A sudden death at a dinner party followed by another at a gala black-tie event seem at first to be linked only by the poison and the presence of Dr. Jim Hunter, a scientist on the brink of greatness and husband to Millie. A black man married to a white woman, Dr. Jim has faced scandal and prejudice for most of his life, so what would cause him to risk it all now? Is he being framed for murder—and if so, by whom? Carmine and his detectives must follow the trail through the university town’s crowd of eccentrics, no matter how close to home it may lead.
Journal Entry 2 by xtrdnry at Little Blue Library in Burwood East, Victoria Australia on Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Something different from Colleen. Do I have time to read it?
I am glad the detective novel is set in the sixties without the thriller chases etc of other modern books. This is more like the mystery writers of the time. The finish is reminiscent of her earlier books.
Published from 1974 to 2013, her books cover a wide variety of genres which fit with the demand of the day. I have read the early novels and have the Roman ones waiting on my shelf.
McCullough was born in 1937 in Wellington, in the Central West region of New South Wales, to James and Laurie McCullough. Her father was of Irish descent and her mother was a New Zealander of part-Māori descent. McCullough died on 29 January 2015, at the age of 77, in the Norfolk Island Hospital.
Published from 1974 to 2013, her books cover a wide variety of genres which fit with the demand of the day. I have read the early novels and have the Roman ones waiting on my shelf.
McCullough was born in 1937 in Wellington, in the Central West region of New South Wales, to James and Laurie McCullough. Her father was of Irish descent and her mother was a New Zealander of part-Māori descent. McCullough died on 29 January 2015, at the age of 77, in the Norfolk Island Hospital.
Journal Entry 5 by AnonymousFriend at Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Library in Surrey Hills, Victoria Australia on Sunday, November 28, 2021
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The Prodigal Son is the fourth in the Carmine Delmonico series. I haven’t read the first three installations which may explain why I did find it difficult to keep track of the large cast of characters. Initially the novel dragged a bit for me but the second half really took off and I had a hard time putting the book down. Yet another great read from Aussie Colleen McCullough, we must savour these stories as Colleen died in 2015.
Journal Entry 8 by marmee463 at Lower Plenty Garden Views Little Library in Lower Plenty, Victoria Australia on Monday, December 27, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (12/29/2021 UTC) at Lower Plenty Garden Views Little Library in Lower Plenty, Victoria Australia
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