Earl Emerson

Earl Emerson , Cape Disappointment: A Novel.

CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT Shamus Award-winner, Seattle Fire Department lieutenant and Eagle Harbor Books favorite Earl Emerson (Vertical Burn, Pyro) makes a welcome return visit. In his new book Emerson reprises private eye Thomas Black, on the job again after a ten-year hiatus. His case involves conspiracy, murder, and dirty politics in a senatorial race pitting a popular incumbent against a sleazy challenger. Black works security for the challenger, and when a plane carrying the incumbent and Black's beloved wife Kathy crashes into Cape Disappointment, the wheels of intrigue start spinning. (booksense)… (more)

Earl Emerson signs Cape Disappointment: A Novel.

Earl Emerson, signs Cape Disappointment (Feb., Ballantine hc, $25.00). After a 10 year absence, the wait is over! Thomas Black and Kathy Birchfield are working on opposite sides in a heated campaign. But the incumbent Senator's plane goes down off the Coast and Kathy is missing and Thomas finds the cover- up is already underway. All he really wants is to find her. Others want the whole thing to stay a mystery (KingRat)… (more)