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P. L. Gaus

Auteur de Blood of the Prodigal

14 oeuvres 933 utilisateurs 64 critiques 1 Favoris

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P. L. Gaus is a professor of chemistry at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio.

Comprend les noms: PLGaus

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Date de naissance
1949
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Professions
Chemistry Professor
mystery novelist

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Unlike other books in this series, this one is a continuation of the former installment. One needs to read the earlier book to understand what is going on in this one. Professor Mike Brandon's sabbatical is nearly over, and it's been a few months since the action in Florida. Fannie Helmuth is still missing, and Sheriff Robertson questions his effectiveness as sheriff since he's unable to locate her. Howie Dent, the young man with whom she fled, is found tortured to death. Sheriff Robertson begins to suspect Fannie's friend who seemed to be a victim of the drugs in the suitcases scheme might actually be working with the cartel. The detectives learn the couple sent messages back home through the pages of the Budget via scribes in various communities and are able to track down Fannie. With the FBI involved, can Fannie remain safe from the cartel? Although Professor Brandon seemed a bit more involved in this investigation than in the previous book, I miss the precedence set by the older books in the series. It seems the departure from the established normal transpired when the books ceased to be published by Ohio University Press. While I still enjoy the series, I prefer the older books to the "noir" genre of the latest installments.… (plus d'informations)
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thornton37814 | 11 autres critiques | Nov 20, 2022 |
As someone who enjoyed the first seven books in this series, this new installment with a new publisher disappointed me. In previous installments, Professor Michael Brandon was the main character/sleuth. Brandon is nowhere around for the first 2/3 of the book. When he does show up, he's conveniently in Florida with his wife when Ricky Neill needs to come down and will need help. The sheriff's department became central, and I felt the time was split between Sheriff Robertson and Ricky Neill. An Amish girl's brutal murder sparks an investigation which shows she unknowingly carried drugs from Florida back to Holmes County in an extra suitcase she was not to open. Other Amish girls who recently visited Pinecraft as well as other evidence help them identify suspects. Holmes County officials work with Florida officials and the DEA to bring resolution. However, the resolution is perhaps the weakest part of this installment. While I enjoy the characters of Sheriff Robertson and Ricky Neill, I want Professor Brandon back in a central role in future installments.… (plus d'informations)
 
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thornton37814 | 2 autres critiques | May 16, 2022 |
In the wooded Amish hill country, a professor at a small college, a local pastor, and the county sheriff are the only ones among the mainstream, or "English," who possess the instincts and skills to work the cases that impact all county residents, no matter their code of conduct or religious creed.

When an Amish boy is kidnapped, a bishop, fearful for the safety of his followers, plunges three outsiders into the traditionally closed society of the "Plain Ones."

I have read many many Amish books and I just had a hard time with this one. You don't have an opportunity to even guess at who may have "done it" as the ending came out of left field.… (plus d'informations)
 
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Erica8 | 11 autres critiques | Dec 8, 2021 |
This long-awaited tenth book of the series does not disappoint, and was worth the wait. Professor Michael Branden has a promising yet obviously troubled student. He offers assistance, but before they can connect, Lydia is dead. And quickly after that discovery, another suspicious death occurs. In trying to ascertain whether these deaths were accidental, murder, or suicide, Mike slowly unravels the secrecy surrounding the Amish Schwartzentruber community. This very Old Amish Order eschews all modern and worldly things and ideas. Lydia left that community willingly, but then her sister Mary disappears with her baby, leaving behind several older children in the care of her husband, John. But John is so severely clinically depressed that he can no longer function and is suicidal. Author P L Gaus writes a gripping story of good intentions gone wrong. A neighbor and a couple of religious zealots try to persuade Mary, now at her wit’s end with her husband, to leave. But there is no clear plan for Mary, and they offer no hope for John. It takes the old trio of friends, Mike, the sheriff, and their pastor as well as several others to finally trace down the clues to solve the disappearance. Reading about this Amish sect and their unrelenting disdain for the English and for English ways was fascinating. So many people cared deeply, but some were misguided in their fervor and caused much trouble. The meticulous way in which Professor Branden first examines the problems he encounters and then endeavors to help those who so desperately need saving, even persuading the Schwartzentrubers’ bishop to accept the help English medicines can offer, makes for some riveting reading.… (plus d'informations)
 
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Maydacat | Apr 17, 2021 |

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Œuvres
14
Membres
933
Popularité
#27,527
Évaluation
½ 3.5
Critiques
64
ISBN
93
Favoris
1

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