Sheldon Russell
Auteur de The Yard Dog: A Mystery (Hook Runyon Mystery)
A propos de l'auteur
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Œuvres de Sheldon Russell
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1942-12-06
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Waynoka, Oklahoma, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA
- Professions
- teacher
university professor emeritus - Organisations
- University of Louisville
University of Central Oklahoma
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Membres
- 201
- Popularité
- #109,507
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 12
- ISBN
- 31
When a local homeless man turns up dead, Hook is told to write it off as an accident, but Hook is determined to uncover what did actually did happen. Along the way he uncovers a black market scheme that involves both German prisoners and American Army personnel, but as he digs further he realizes that this is a much bigger conspiracy than he originally thought. He is assisted in his investigation by a local man who works at the POW camp and a newcomer to the area, Dr. Reina Kaplan who has been sent to help re-educate the Germans.
I found the story very interesting but much more for the historical information than the mystery which seemed like an afterthought. With so many men away fighting, the locals are living very much hand to mouth and there is both fear of the German prisoners and high resentment for the good food and care that they receive. This is the first book in an on-going series that I probably won’t be continuing on with as I am not sure there is enough here to sustain a series.… (plus d'informations)