Nantucket Red Tickets
$31.10
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2017
Summary
It’s Christmas Eve on Nantucket and prominent businessman Jackson Blum is about to live out his own version of A Christmas Carol. No visions, no ghosts, just the past, represented by the exhumed skeleton of his old partner Ted Coddington with a bullet from Blum’s Ruger pistol in its skull; the present, in the form of a horribly mistreated employee who reveals Blum as the Scrooge he is; and the future, invoked by a family crisis that threatens to ruin the rest of his life. Past, Present and Future, all colliding on the same dark night of the soul.Nantucket Police Chief Henry Kennis is investigating the so-cold Coddington case with Blum as the main suspect while he roots out a plot to rig the traditional five-thousand-dollar Red Tickets raffle and struggles to close down a local opioid dealer who’s selling to high school kids from a house on Tuckernuck Island-a bleak vista of wild moors, dirt roads, and unpainted homes a century old. “It’s a time machine,” says Kennis. With a whaling history.Henry’s own son has been accused of cheating, his daughter’s been pushed out of the high school a capella singing group, and his girlfriend’s Christmas play is careening toward disaster. It looks like a calamitous holiday for everyone.All the scandals, tragedies, and intrigues of the season close in on Blum and Kennis as the two of them face off amid the carolers and colored lights. Finally, there’s nothing to save the modern-day Scrooge from his terrifying future but a decades-old secret scribbled on a stolen slip of paper, and the uncertain mercy of the son he’s lost. But it’s Christmas, and as the snow finally starts to fall on the decorated trees that line Main Street, it’s just possible that all sins will be forgiven and all sinners redeemed.God Bless us, every one.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781464207150 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1464207151 |
| Author: | Steven Axelrod |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Henry Kennis Nantucket Mysteries |
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Critics Review
“Axelrod has a gift for characterization and a strong lead in Kennis…. his mystery debut gives the island as much personality as its varied inhabitants.” * Kirkus Reviews on Nantucket Sawbuck, Henry Kennis Mystery #1 *
“Nantucket Sawbuck is a rare delight - a well-written small-town mystery that feels like life, complete with suspects who are the sort of people who commit murders and a police chief who’s capable of catching them at it. Read this book.” * Thomas Perry, New York Times bestselling author and Edgar and Hammett Awards winner on Nantucket Sawbuck, Henry Kennis Mystery #1 *
“Axelrod packs plenty of layers and surprises into this intelligent, twisty tale. Henry’s wry humor as well as his affection for the residents he serves exude warmth and will appeal to fans of Bill Crider’s Sheriff Dan Rhodes.” * Booklist on Nantucket Grand, Henry Kennis Mystery #3 *
”…with the help of Kennis - the shrewd, street-wise cop who writes poetry on the side and is willing to break the rules to get the best results for the most people - fans can keep wishing for an outcome worthy of Dickens and the holiday season.In the fourth installment of this seabound series, Axelrod (Nantucket Grand, 2016, etc.) and his protagonist bring an amused, judicious, and ultimately tolerant eye to the foibles large and small of a mixed Santa’s bag of characters.” * Kirkus Reviews *
“Scrooge lives in Axelrod’s enjoyable fourth mystery featuring Nantucket police chief Henry Kennis” * Publishers Weekly *
Steven Axelrod
Steven Axelrod holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and remains a member of the WGA despite a long absence from Hollywood. His work has been featured on various websites, including the literary e-zine Numero Cinq, where he is on the masthead; Salon.com; and The Good Men Project; as well as the magazines Pulp Modern and Big Pulp.A father of two, he lives on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, where he paints houses and writes.
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