Sunstroke
by Jesse Kellerman | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780751538199 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780751538199 Global Overview for this book
Registered by ApoloniaX of Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin Germany on 9/23/2009
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This book is a donation to BC from "Buchladen an der Kyll", an internet book store in Germany. Thank you!
Kellerman is the son of well-known novelists Faye and Jonathan Kellerman, and if his debut is any indication, talent breeds true. Gloria Mendez — a 36-year-old secretary at a Los Angeles novelty item import business — is in love with her boss, Carl Perreira, though he has never reciprocated her romantic interest. Carl has gone on his annual vacation, and after leaving a garbled phone message on Gloria's answering machine, he disappears into Mexico's backcountry. Facing apathy from the police in Mexico and the U.S. — even after Carl is reported dead in a fiery car crash — Gloria heads south to retrieve his body. She soon finds herself enmeshed in a dangerous adventure hinging on the mystery of Carl's death (if he is indeed really dead), his real identity and the truthfulness of the young man who introduces himself as Carlos Perreira, Carl's son abandoned many years earlier. Gloria is dogged, resourceful and intelligent, but despite some sex and gunplay late in the game, the adventure is a bit too cool and cerebral to be a thriller and too literary to be a genre mystery. Many readers will enjoy the intrepid Gloria and her puzzle, but most will hope for a little more heat from this promising writer's next outing. (Publishers Weekly)
Kellerman is the son of well-known novelists Faye and Jonathan Kellerman, and if his debut is any indication, talent breeds true. Gloria Mendez — a 36-year-old secretary at a Los Angeles novelty item import business — is in love with her boss, Carl Perreira, though he has never reciprocated her romantic interest. Carl has gone on his annual vacation, and after leaving a garbled phone message on Gloria's answering machine, he disappears into Mexico's backcountry. Facing apathy from the police in Mexico and the U.S. — even after Carl is reported dead in a fiery car crash — Gloria heads south to retrieve his body. She soon finds herself enmeshed in a dangerous adventure hinging on the mystery of Carl's death (if he is indeed really dead), his real identity and the truthfulness of the young man who introduces himself as Carlos Perreira, Carl's son abandoned many years earlier. Gloria is dogged, resourceful and intelligent, but despite some sex and gunplay late in the game, the adventure is a bit too cool and cerebral to be a thriller and too literary to be a genre mystery. Many readers will enjoy the intrepid Gloria and her puzzle, but most will hope for a little more heat from this promising writer's next outing. (Publishers Weekly)
Journal Entry 2 by ApoloniaX at By Mail, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, October 10, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (10/10/2009 UTC) at By Mail, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
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who won it here at a RABCK drawing.
This book has been released in memory of Tânia Vanessa Silva Maia, Snowshoee (10-10-1982 - 27-03-2009), she would have turned 27 today.
Thankyou ever so much. Received this morning. I may well be taking this on my USA hols.
I found this book on my sister Bookcloud's shelves when we were sorting them out today. Sadly she passed away suddenly earlier this year so I will take care of it now.
Journal Entry 5 by madmadge at P.D.S.A. Charity Shop in Christchurch, Dorset United Kingdom on Monday, December 3, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (12/5/2012 UTC) at P.D.S.A. Charity Shop in Christchurch, Dorset United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I hope someone buys this book and journals it. Letting it go because I have far too many books on my shelves already and it deserves an appreciative reader.