Collin Wilcax, Author, Collin Wilcox, Author Forge $19.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-85244-3
In the latest Alan Bernhardt mystery, following Except for the Bones , the San Francisco actor/director and part-time sleuth is absent for nearly the first third of the tale. By the time he comes on stage, an imprisoned mobster has died and secretly
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Colin Wilcox, Author, Collin Wilcox, Author Mysterious Press $15.45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-89296-280-8
Austin Holloway is a TV evangelist with a crystal cathedral, a huge national following and major political ambitions. His family, appearing weekly on The Hour, includes an alcoholic wife and Elton, their psychotic son. In San Francisco, Holloway's...
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Collin Wilcox, Author Henry Holt & Company $18.45 (248p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0980-4
San Francisco homicide lieutenant Frank Hastings, last seen in A Death Before Dying , is severely tested when top transplant surgeon Brice Hanchett is shot and killed late one night after leaving his mistress's apartment. There is no shortage of...
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Collin Wilcox, Author Tor Books $17.95 (311p) ISBN 978-0-312-93076-9
Wilcox's latest California thriller marks the debut of actor-playwright Alan Bernhardt of San Francisco as a freelance private eye. A rehearsaland his flirtation with new cast member Pamela Brettis interrupted by a message from Hubert Dancer, head...
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Collin Wilcox, Author Tor Books $17.95 (279p) ISBN 978-0-312-93161-2
Poor writing, stereotypical characters and a predictable plot make this pretentious mystery nearly unreadable. Most annoying are insistent references to date and time, which give a sense of urgency that is totally misleading and ultimately...
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Collin Wilcox, Author Tor Books $18.95 (282p) ISBN 978-0-312-93162-9
Using a gripping minute-by-minute, day-by-day format, Wilcox (Silent Witness) charts the downfall of New York real estate tycoon Preston Daniels, first encountered on Cape Cod at the scene of his mistress's accidental death. College freshman Diane...
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Collin Wilcox, Author Henry Holt & Company $18.95 (262p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1615-4
The latest Lt. Hastings mystery ( Hire a Hangman ) is a casually accurate procedural rich in plot, characters--including suspects--and San Francisco color. From Valentine's Day through the next six weeks, a series of powerful and wealthy men are...
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Collin Wilcox, Author Henry Holt & Company $19.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-8050-2104-2
The 19th appearance of San Francisco's Lt. Frank Hastings is a somewhat disappointing offering from one of the masters of the procedural. The body of Lisa Franklin is found in a park near the Presidio district. Lisa, a self-described courtesan,...
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Collin Wilcox, Author Henry Holt & Company $5.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8050-3122-5
The two latest outings by San Francisco homicide lieutenant Frank Hastings. (Sept.)
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Collin Wilcox, Author Forge $21.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-85521-5
For his fifth Alan Bernhardt novel, Wilcox (Find Her a Grave) thrusts the San Francisco-based actor and part-time sleuth back into the stolen-art case that exploded into violence in the series debut, Bernhardt's Edge. In that book, Bernhardt saved...
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Collin Wilcox, Author Henry Holt & Company $22.5 (245p) ISBN 978-0-8050-3003-7
Its title notwithstanding, the latest entry in Wilcox's (Switchback) San Francisco-based Lt. Frank Hastings mystery series exhibits little risk and even a few miscalculations. Returning home from a gay bar to his AIDS-stricken lover, Charles...
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