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PublisherAtria Books

ISBN-100671009559

ISBN-139780671009557

eBay Product ID (ePID)337458

Product Key Features

Book TitleSpiral

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicMystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Crime, General, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators

GenreFiction

AuthorJeremiah Healy

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-025769

ReviewsPittsburgh Post-Gazette Hidden motives surface as this very compelling tale unfolds....[Features] one of the more ingenious murder methods I've read about in real life or fiction., Houston ChronicleJeremiah Healy is a marvelous writer, one of the finest craftsmen working the mystery beat these days., Boston Herald With a sound ear for dialogue, Healy lets his characters speak for themselves, revealing more than they realize in their own words., The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Takes Cuddy to another level....Healy handles the large cast with aplomb and precision., San Antonio Express-News Healy's writing is vivid and the assortment of believable characters is fascinating., Booklist Packs an emotional wallop as it exposes the basest of human emotions -- greed, jealousy, lust, and unbridled ambition. Another strong entry in a fine series., Houston Chronicle Jeremiah Healy is a marvelous writer, one of the finest craftsmen working the mystery beat these days.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisThe creator of "exciting, thoughtful, wily fiction" (The Washington Post), Jeremiah Healy has won critical raves for his John Francis Cuddy novels, "a superior series" (The New York Times Book Review). Now Healy pushes the envelope of mystery writing with a soul-searching tale that plunges Cuddy into his own private nightmare. Some mysteries have no answers -- like why an airplane falls out of the sky, and why the woman you love was onboard that flight. When unfathomable tragedy strikes Boston private investigator John Francis Cuddy, all he can do is begin to grieve. There's no revenge. No perp. And no cure except time. But when Cuddy is jarred by a call for help from an old Vietnam-era comrade, time is a luxury he can't afford. Cuddy goes because he has to. And what he finds in Fort Lauderdale is a tragedy that rivals his own: a proud vet brought down by a stroke, searching for his granddaughter's killer. The girl was found dead in Colonel Nicolas Helides' heavily guarded mansion on the Intracoastal Waterway. Thirteen years old and far from innocent, Veronica Helides was hardly protected by her family's wealth. Used by her own father to revive his music career and the fortunes of a band named Spiral, Veronica had been molded into a sexually provocative rock starlet. By the time someone drowned her at her grandfather's birthday party, murder was merely the last crime committed against her. Now Cuddy is picking apart a cast of players in the life of Colonel Helides and the granddaughter everyone called "Very." From Helides' younger, depressive son to former groupies; from a mysterious spiritual advisor to the woman who married the colonel for his money and the license it would buy her, Cuddy is seeing the worst of human nature at a time when his own heart is broken in two. If that were not enough, the killing of a precocious victim may not have been the isolated act it first appeared. In a powerful and mesmerizing novel of uncontrollable love, rage, and loyalty among families and friends, John Francis Cuddy isn't just trying to catch a killer -- he's trying to stop himself from free-falling into the ultimate human darkness., A study of two centuries of British women's travel to the Middle East provides new perspectives for understanding the history of colonialism, While investigating the murder of his friend's granddaughter, P.I. Francis Cuddy soon finds he'll have to evade not only a killer, but a personal freefall into the ultimate human darkness., The creator of "exciting, thoughtful, wily fiction" (The Washington Post), Jeremiah Healy has won critical raves for his John Francis Cuddy novels, "a superior series"(The New York Times Book Review). Now Healy pushes the envelope of mystery writing with a soul-searching tale that plunges Cuddy into his own private nightmare. Some mysteries have no answers -- like why an airplane falls out of the sky, and why the woman you love was onboard that flight. When unfathomable tragedy strikes Boston private investigator John Francis Cuddy, all he can do is begin to grieve. There's no revenge. No perp. And no cure except time. But when Cuddy is jarred by a call for help from an old Vietnam-era comrade, time is a luxury he can't afford. Cuddy goes because he has to. And what he finds in Fort Lauderdale is a tragedy that rivals his own: a proud vet brought down by a stroke, searching for his granddaughter's killer. The girl was found dead in Colonel Nicolas Helides' heavily guarded mansion on the Intracoastal Waterway. Thirteen years old and far from innocent, Veronica Helides was hardly protected by her family's wealth. Used by her own father to revive his music career and the fortunes of a band named Spiral, Veronica had been molded into a sexually provocative rock starlet. By the time someone drowned her at her grandfather's birthday party, murder was merely the last crime committed against her. Now Cuddy is picking apart a cast of players in the life of Colonel Helides and the granddaughter everyone called "Very." From Helides' younger, depressive son to former groupies; from a mysterious spiritual advisor to the woman who married the colonel for his money and the license it would buy her, Cuddy is seeing the worst of human nature at a time when his own heart is broken in two. If that were not enough, the killing of a precocious victim may not have been the isolated act it first appeared. In a powerful and mesmerizing novel of uncontrollable love, rage, and loyalty among families and friends, John Francis Cuddy isn't just trying to catch a killer -- he's trying to stop himself from free-falling into the ultimate human darkness.

LC Classification NumberPS3558.E2347S65 1999