Warren C Easley
Auteur de Matters of Doubt
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Œuvres de Warren C Easley
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- male
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- [excerpted from author's website]
Formerly a research scientist and international business executive, Warren C. Easley received a Kay Snow Award for fiction in 2012 and was named the Northwest's Up and Coming Author in 2017, both honors bestowed by Willamette Writers. His fifth Cal Claxton book, Blood for Wine, was shortlisted for a Nero Award in 2018, and the eighth, No Witness, earned him the 2022 Spotted Owl Award from Friends of Mystery for the best mystery novel by a Pacific Northwest author.
Warren lives in Oregon with his wife, and his love for the state is evident in his Cal Claxton Mystery Series. He's an avid hiker, skier, and fly fisherman, but his main exercise involves keeping up with his Australian shepherd, Archie - namesake to Cal Claxton's beloved companion in the series.
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Fatal Flaw: A Cal Claxton Mystery par Warren C. Easley
(Cal Claxton Oregon Mysteries Book 9)
A quick read that is fun. Plot is good. Characters are only a little bit over-drawn. Dialog could be better.
DACA, ICE, wine, and murder in Oregon
“No Witness” is part of the “Cal Claxton” mystery series, but anything that new readers needs to know is included in the current narrative. Cal Claxton and Archie, his Australian shepherd, live in the heart of scenic Oregon, beautiful country framed by the Coast Range and the Cascades.
The story is told in Cal’s first person narrative, and readers get to know him well. The investigation, discoveries, and thoughts unfold in chronological order, so readers learn what Cal knows when he knows it. Everyday activities are sprinkled throughout the narrative as he runs errands, gets the week’s shopping done, and builds stone walls. He is a lawyer; to him the law is a thing of beauty, but most of his “lawyering” is tedious, detailed work. Gertie runs the office, but when she suddenly becomes ill, her PhD psychologist niece, Zoe Bennet, takes over that job.
Timoteo Fuentes also helps Cal out in the office; he is a DACA Recipient and college student who has his mind set on a career in law. However, when Timoteo’s sister is killed, it is he who needs help from Cal. Since he, his family, and most of their community are “undocumented,” the situation is complex and fragile. Past associations, injuries, accidents, and more deaths complicate everything. However, if Cal can solve one of these problems, he can solve them all. Cal knows secure passwords are necessary, but sometimes it is an advantage to have a password that people who know you very well can eventually guess.
“Cal Claxton” mysteries work because Cal Claxton is a reliable character. Readers know he is solid, dependable, and determined. He has a strong sense of community responsibility and is predictable within a specific framework of conditions. Cal’s sense of justice and accountability is dominant; every book is compelling yet comfortable, unknown yet familiar. I received a review copy of “No Witness” from Warren Easley, Sourcebooks, and Poisoned Pen Press. I recommend the entire series and suggest eating toasted Dave’s Killer Bread with chunky peanut butter while you read.… (plus d'informations)
“No Witness” is part of the “Cal Claxton” mystery series, but anything that new readers needs to know is included in the current narrative. Cal Claxton and Archie, his Australian shepherd, live in the heart of scenic Oregon, beautiful country framed by the Coast Range and the Cascades.
The story is told in Cal’s first person narrative, and readers get to know him well. The investigation, discoveries, and thoughts unfold in chronological order, so readers learn what Cal knows when he knows it. Everyday activities are sprinkled throughout the narrative as he runs errands, gets the week’s shopping done, and builds stone walls. He is a lawyer; to him the law is a thing of beauty, but most of his “lawyering” is tedious, detailed work. Gertie runs the office, but when she suddenly becomes ill, her PhD psychologist niece, Zoe Bennet, takes over that job.
Timoteo Fuentes also helps Cal out in the office; he is a DACA Recipient and college student who has his mind set on a career in law. However, when Timoteo’s sister is killed, it is he who needs help from Cal. Since he, his family, and most of their community are “undocumented,” the situation is complex and fragile. Past associations, injuries, accidents, and more deaths complicate everything. However, if Cal can solve one of these problems, he can solve them all. Cal knows secure passwords are necessary, but sometimes it is an advantage to have a password that people who know you very well can eventually guess.
“Cal Claxton” mysteries work because Cal Claxton is a reliable character. Readers know he is solid, dependable, and determined. He has a strong sense of community responsibility and is predictable within a specific framework of conditions. Cal’s sense of justice and accountability is dominant; every book is compelling yet comfortable, unknown yet familiar. I received a review copy of “No Witness” from Warren Easley, Sourcebooks, and Poisoned Pen Press. I recommend the entire series and suggest eating toasted Dave’s Killer Bread with chunky peanut butter while you read.… (plus d'informations)
Lawyer Calvin Claxton runs a one-man law office in Portland Oregon. He would be doing well financially, according to his accountant, if it weren't for his tendency to take on the cases of people who would otherwise not be able to afford good representation. As a result, he's determined to cut back on pro bono work and take on only paying customers, So when Danny Baxter aka Picasso, a scruffy street kid and accomplished muralist shows up and asks him to help solve the murder of his mom who had disappeared when he was a child, a case gone cold until her body was found recently, Cal refuses despite the fact the local police still don't seem too interested in the case. However, after a little time and research, he decides to at least talk to the kid and soon finds himself embroiled in a very complicated and, as the bodies begin to stack up, dangerous case.
Matters of Doubt, the first in the Cal Claxton Mysteries series by Warren C Easley was first published in 2013 but the series is being republished by Poisoned Pen Press and, after reading it, I can understand why. Told in the first person by Cal Claxton who is one of the most likeable protagonists you will find in the genre, this is a well-written and compelling story. Along with a very interesting mystery, Easley also brings in complicated issues like homelessness especially among youth, and the difficulties the homeless face including from the law and he does it with empathy and compassion but without pity.
Matters of Doubt gets a high recommendation from me. I will definitely be reading more of this series in the future.
Thanks to Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review… (plus d'informations)
Matters of Doubt, the first in the Cal Claxton Mysteries series by Warren C Easley was first published in 2013 but the series is being republished by Poisoned Pen Press and, after reading it, I can understand why. Told in the first person by Cal Claxton who is one of the most likeable protagonists you will find in the genre, this is a well-written and compelling story. Along with a very interesting mystery, Easley also brings in complicated issues like homelessness especially among youth, and the difficulties the homeless face including from the law and he does it with empathy and compassion but without pity.
Matters of Doubt gets a high recommendation from me. I will definitely be reading more of this series in the future.
Thanks to Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review… (plus d'informations)
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Membres
- 126
- Popularité
- #159,216
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 49