Library of the dead
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- ISBN: 9781443400459 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1443400459 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource - Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : HarperCollins Canada, 2012.
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Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, October 9, 2013). |
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Genre: | Electronic books. Fiction. |
Electronic resources
- Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2009 June #2
Debut author Cooper opens this quasi-supernatural thriller with a series of mysterious deaths in New York. Each victim received a postcard depicting a coffin just before the murder. The FBI turns to Will Piper, a talented agent with a bad attitude who's counting the days to retirement. Teamed with young agent Nancy Lipinski, Will tries to identify the killer from practically nonexistent clues. There are suspenseful moments as Will and Nancy race against timeâwith inevitable romantic involvement, once Will stops scorning Nancy because of her weightâbut long tedious stretches focus on Will being drunk, drinking on the job or complaining of hangovers. Flashbacks to 1947 and the medieval setting that inspired the killer are poorly integrated, and while the secret behind the deaths is original and clever, its revelation is anticlimactic. (Aug.)
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