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In a desolate chapel in the New Mexican desert, the unpopular Reverend Ernie Quivada lies dead, throat slashed, in front of a hypnotic painting of the Madonna and child. Interior designer and private investigator Jason Lynx finds himself drawn to the crime . . . and to Quivada's beautiful widow. Before he knows it, Jason is in over his head, struggling to stay afloat in an investigation whose vicious undertow tugs at his own deepest feelings . . .Tags
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While I enjoy the entire Jason Lynx series, I feel this is the weakest one. The character of the murder victim was so offensive that it was hard to understand why anyone even cared who killed him - he was even less sympathetic than most. When you finally find out the events leading up to the murder, you basically feel like cheering. On the other hand, the sheer number of plausible suspects made for a better mystery.
I also do not understand why the publisher would take such an intriguing title as "Looking for the Aardvark" and change it to the incredibly boring "Dead on Sunday". While I admit the second was appropriate, and that religion is important in the story, I would never have picked up a book with that title.
I also do not understand why the publisher would take such an intriguing title as "Looking for the Aardvark" and change it to the incredibly boring "Dead on Sunday". While I admit the second was appropriate, and that religion is important in the story, I would never have picked up a book with that title.
4th in the series, and it just feel tired and overblown. I probably read too many of these in a row. Got to space these mysteries! I also just read one by Charles Todd, A Test of Wills, and perhaps this suffered by comparison.
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Sheri S. Tepper was born Shirley Stewart Douglas on July 16, 1929 near Littleton, Colorado. She held numerous jobs before becoming a full-time author including working at Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood from 1962 to 1986, eventually becoming the executive director. In the early 1960s, she wrote poems and children's stories under the name Sheri show more S. Eberhart. In the 1980s, she became a feminist and science fiction/fantasy writer. Her books include The Revenants, After Long Silence, The Gate to Women's Country, Grass, Shadow's End, Gibbon's Decline and Fall, The Family Tree, Six Moon Dance, Singer from the Sea, The Fresco, The Visitor, The Companions, and The Margarets. She received the Locus Award for Beauty and a World Fantasy life achievement award in 2015. She also wrote horror under the name E. E. Horlak and mysteries under the names A. J. Orde and B. J. Oliphant. She died on October 22, 2016 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Looking for the Aardvark
- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters
- Jason Lynx; Reverend Ernie Quivada; Margaret Quivada; Grace Willis; Bruce Norman; The Bobbisons
- Important places
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- First words
- Troubles, so the old wives say, come in threes.
- Disambiguation notice
- Looking for the Aardvark was republished in paperback as Dead on Sunday. They are the same work.
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- Languages
- English
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