The Burn Palace
Book - 2013
The sleepy community of Brewster, Rhode Island, is just like any other small American town. It's a place where most of the population will likely die blocks from where they were born; where gossip spreads like wildfire, and the big entertainment on weekends is the inevitable fight at the local bar. But recently, something out of the ordinary-- perhaps even supernatural-- has been stirring in Brewster. While packs of coyotes gather on back roads and the news spreads that a baby has been stolen from Memorial Hospital (and replaced in its bassinet by a snake), a series of inexplicably violent acts begins to confound Detective Woody Potter and the local police-- and inspire terror in the hearts and minds of the locals.
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Publisher:
New York : Blue Rider Press, c2013
ISBN:
9780399160875
0399160876
0399160876
Branch Call Number:
FIC
Characteristics:
464 pages ; 24 cm
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Add a CommentA perfect combination of creepy atmosphere, genuine and likable characters, and police chasing after a nebulous perpetrator.
A well-written police procedural/
traditional "whodunit." Dobyns writes in a clear, understandable voice and
has a nice use of the first person plural "we," which adds a touch of "A
Rose for Emily." Only drawback: Way
too many cops for Rhode Island!!
"When a Rhode Island nurse discovers that an infant left in her charge has been abducted, detective Woody Potter embarks on a baffling case with ties to a dead insurance investigator, a local Wiccan sect, a yoga center and a growling funeral director." March 2013 Thrillers and Suspense newsletter http://www.nextreads.com/Display2.aspx?SID=5acc8fc1-4e91-4ebe-906d-f8fc5e82a8e0&N=609367