Gayleen Froese
Auteur de Touch
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Photo by Jennifer Woodcock
Séries
Œuvres de Gayleen Froese
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Froese, Gayleen
- Date de naissance
- 1972
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Études
- Ryerson University
- Professions
- singer-songwriter
- Organisations
- Writers' Union of Canada
Canadian Public Relations Society
SOCAN
Saskatchewan Recording Industry Association
International Association for Public Participation - Prix et distinctions
- Undiscovered Artist Award from CBC Radio's Definitely Not the Opera
- Courte biographie
- Gayleen Froese (born 1972 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a mystery novelist and singer/songwriter from Western Canada. Her first novel, Touch, was published by Edmonton's NeWest Press in 2005.
Froese was educated at Ryerson University in Toronto and currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta.
Her first CD, Obituary, won an Undiscovered Artist Award from CBC Radio.
Froese appeared on Canadian Learning Television's A Total Write Off in 2006, and was one of twelve writers selected as a finalist for BookTelevision's 3 Day Novel Contest in 2007. (Filmed in 2007, the show did not air until late 2009; Froese ended up as the winning contestant.) She was also shortlisted in the overall 2007 International Three-Day Novel Contest.
Froese's non-fiction and humour writing has appeared in publications including See Magazine, The Rat Creek Press, and The Session.
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 42
- Popularité
- #357,757
- Évaluation
- 4.3
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 9
- Favoris
- 2
There are two narratives, the missing person case and the relationship between Ben and Jesse. At times there is more focus on the latter; not only do the two men need to discuss their breakup, but Jesse also suffers from depression and struggles with the pressures of stardom. Unfortunately, this romance storyline takes attention away from the investigation.
For a mystery, there is not a great deal of tension or suspense. There is not a lot of action and, except for the predictable climax, Ben is never in any danger, though there are obvious attempts to suggest that a couple of visits with possible suspects could be dangerous. I dislike the overused trope of the incompetent/ reluctant police investigation which makes its appearance. It is not difficult to identify the villain of the piece since there are few suspects. Furthermore, the ending comes very quickly, and the confession is just too convenient.
Kimberly’s actions are not convincing. At the end, Ben dreams an alternate version of events, and it describes exactly how I would have expected someone in her situation to have behaved. Having Kimberly use Fibonacci sequencing and doodles just doesn’t seem authentic either. And Jesse can solve both so easily?
I appreciated that the book is unapologetically Canadian. The author is obviously very familiar with the setting, and there is no attempt to disguise it as a fictional American location.
Ben and Jesse are both appealing characters. They are not perfect, but they are decent human beings. I can certainly imagine the two of them working together on future cases. I especially loved their dialogue; sometimes it is witty and sometimes it is serious and poignant. The secondary characters, Luna and Kent, are clearly delineated, and they are obviously positioned to be helpful in this and future cases.
This is a light, easy read. Though flawed in some aspects, it is entertaining – a good choice to pack for a summer holiday.
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