Doug Allyn
Author of Murder in Paradise
About the Author
Doug Allyn, 1942 - Doug Allyn was born in 1942 in Bay City, Michigan. He attended Alpena Community College from 1961 to 1962, as well as the University of Michigan from 1972 to 1974. He joined a rock band in 1975 called the Devil's Triangle where he was a musician, singer and songwriter. Allyn's show more work has appeared in "Once Upon a Crime," "Cat Crimes Through Time" and volumes three and four of "The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories." His tales of "Tallifer," the wandering minstrel, have appeared in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" and "Murder Most Scottish." A "Tallifer" story entitled "The Dancing Bear," won the Edgar award for short fiction in 1995. Allyn has also written the "All Creatures Dark and Small" series which features a crime fighting veterinarian. show less
Series
Works by Doug Allyn
The Jukebox King [short story] 2 copies
Final Rites 2 copies
The Pig Party 1 copy
Allyn Doug 1 copy
Saint Margaret's Kitten 1 copy
Franken Kat [short story] 1 copy
Candles In The Rain 1 copy
Associated Works
By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2010) — Contributor — 87 copies
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense (2006) — Contributor — 78 copies, 1 review
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: First Annual Collection (2000) — Contributor — 68 copies, 1 review
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection (2001) — Contributor — 56 copies, 1 review
Between the Dark and the Daylight and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2009) — Contributor — 43 copies, 1 review
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: An Anthology of Pearl Harbor Stories That Might Have Been (2001) — Contributor — 16 copies
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition (1994) — Contributor — 10 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Allyn, Douglas
- Birthdate
- 1942
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Indiana University
University of Michigan - Occupations
- book reviewer
- Organizations
- Flint Journal
U.S. Air Force - Short biography
- [from The Burning of Rachel Hayes]
Author of seven novels and more than eighty short stories, Doug Allyn's background includes Chinese language studies at Indiana University and extended duty in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Later, he studied creative writing and criminal psychology at the University of Michigan while moonlighting as a songwriter/guitarist in the rock band Devil's Triangle. He currently reviews books for the Flint Journal while maintaining a full time writing schedule. His short stories have garnered both critical and commercial acclaim and have been awarded numerous prizes, including the Robert L. Fish Award for best first story, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the American Mystery Award, the Derringer Award twice, and the Ellery Queen Readers Award six times. Doug counts among his career highlights drinking champagne with Mickey Spillane and waltzing with Mary Higgins Clark. - Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Bay City, Michigan, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Michigan, USA
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Reviews
David Westbrook has made some bad choices in his life and had some hard knocks but now he's starting over as a small town, farm vet. And kind of scrambling to get it together. And then a kid falls into a well and it all changes. I know… I know… this is lame. This book did not even sound interesting to me. At page 20, I was ready to put it down. At page 50, I was on the fence. 20 pages later I was so hooked that I was thinking about the characters and plot while doing other things. I show more can't even tell you why but it was one of the best things I've read this year. show less
Abi and Jeremy Brenner moved to Napa, CA so Abi could be the new Medical Examiner after the previous ME died in a hot air explosion. Several people have mysteriously died, and Abi finds conotoxin, the venom from the cone snail in their bodies.
Wealthy winemaker Eric Stelling is a major contributor to the city and Queen of Valley Medical Center. He has an obsession with snails. He also has several of the medical staff in on his plan of genetic cleansing. Abi discovers this and confides in the show more wrong person, with devastating consequences. The ending is horrifying.
#JamesPatterson #ConnorHyde #BookShots #TheDoctorsPlot show less
Wealthy winemaker Eric Stelling is a major contributor to the city and Queen of Valley Medical Center. He has an obsession with snails. He also has several of the medical staff in on his plan of genetic cleansing. Abi discovers this and confides in the show more wrong person, with devastating consequences. The ending is horrifying.
#JamesPatterson #ConnorHyde #BookShots #TheDoctorsPlot show less
A compilation of three novellas:
The Lawyer Lifeguard --- When a bomb destroys his car, defense attorney Brian Lord narrowly escapes death. His fiancée isn’t so fortunate. While he’s recovering, his boss visits his hospital room and tells him he no longer has a job at Garner and Mackey. Signing on as a lifeguard, he finds solace at the beach, unaware of the danger that stalks him.
The Doctor’s Plot --- Abi Brenner comes to Napa Valley as the new medical examiner. It’s a dream job in a show more dream location. But she is about to learn there is something quite sinister in this town . . . and the bodies of the murdered are piling up.
The Shut-In --- Tricia Celano suffers from a rare affliction and is a virtual prisoner in her apartment. Allergic to the sun and phobic about the dark, she flies her drone over the city in order to see the outside world. But on one of her innocent excursions, the drone’s camera sends her video of a murder and she decides to track down the killer. But the killer knows that Tricia is watching . . . .
Told with Patterson’s trademark short chapters, the stories are short on character development and lightning-fast on plot development. Tension-building plots keep the stories racing along and draw readers into the telling of the tale. Surprising twists keep readers guessing as each story unfolds and the suspense builds. Readers should remember, however, that not all stories end happily or as the reader expects. [Note to authors: unhappy readers are not a good thing.]
Recommended. show less
The Lawyer Lifeguard --- When a bomb destroys his car, defense attorney Brian Lord narrowly escapes death. His fiancée isn’t so fortunate. While he’s recovering, his boss visits his hospital room and tells him he no longer has a job at Garner and Mackey. Signing on as a lifeguard, he finds solace at the beach, unaware of the danger that stalks him.
The Doctor’s Plot --- Abi Brenner comes to Napa Valley as the new medical examiner. It’s a dream job in a show more dream location. But she is about to learn there is something quite sinister in this town . . . and the bodies of the murdered are piling up.
The Shut-In --- Tricia Celano suffers from a rare affliction and is a virtual prisoner in her apartment. Allergic to the sun and phobic about the dark, she flies her drone over the city in order to see the outside world. But on one of her innocent excursions, the drone’s camera sends her video of a murder and she decides to track down the killer. But the killer knows that Tricia is watching . . . .
Told with Patterson’s trademark short chapters, the stories are short on character development and lightning-fast on plot development. Tension-building plots keep the stories racing along and draw readers into the telling of the tale. Surprising twists keep readers guessing as each story unfolds and the suspense builds. Readers should remember, however, that not all stories end happily or as the reader expects. [Note to authors: unhappy readers are not a good thing.]
Recommended. show less
A short story about a lawyer who survives a bombing, only to find out he's a person of interest . Among the victims are his fiance; they were in the process of packing for a trip. Then he is unceremoniously fired from his job, runs into an old associate and begs her to allow him to return working for her as a lifeguard. He passes the test, but manages to keep his sordid customers from the law firm follows the breadcrumbs to some serious mobster types. And a girl he thought he knew very show more well.
This is a fast paced story, not terribly original but it'll keep you entertained if you have a couple of hours to kill. show less
This is a fast paced story, not terribly original but it'll keep you entertained if you have a couple of hours to kill. show less
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