Bones of Coral
by James W. Hall
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Like any big-city paramedic, Shaw Chandler had probably seen a thousand suicides. But he knows a murder when he sees one--and this time it's his own father. Suddenly he's got a metal canister marked "U.S. Navy" in his hands, as he's dragged back to the crazed coral shores of his birthplace, sunny Key West, to explain it. There, two people from Chandler's past--an impassioned doctor harboring his own long-buried secrets and his seductive actress-daughter, Trula--hold the key to a bizarre show more environmental scam turned deadly. And as the snares of a suspicious trap of "suicides" close about him, Chandler confronts a deranged killer with a negative IQ, a knack for rhyme, and a genius for killing... and the psychotic mastermind behind the southernmost monopoly on death... show lessTags
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I was so disappointed. Hall came highly recommended and I was looking forward to some good southern fiction. The first pages start out with such promise and then went completely off the rails.
The characters were poorly developed, the plot ridiculous, even for the most rabid conspiracy therorist , along with a never ending supply of unnecessarily graphic sex was more than I could stand.
This was trash! I could not wait to throw this one in the recycle bin, noting the irony as I tossed it in. And yes, I did briefly consider setting fire to it.
The characters were poorly developed, the plot ridiculous, even for the most rabid conspiracy therorist , along with a never ending supply of unnecessarily graphic sex was more than I could stand.
This was trash! I could not wait to throw this one in the recycle bin, noting the irony as I tossed it in. And yes, I did briefly consider setting fire to it.
One of the better "Florida genre mystery writers"
roman policier haletant se situant aux etats unis. Bon livre pour qui aime la littérature américaine.
Sep 24, 2009French
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James W. Hall was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. After graduating from Eckerd College in Florida and earning additional degrees from John Hopkins University and the University of Utah, He began to write poetry. Among his published books of poetry are The Lady from the Dark Green Hills, The Mating Reflex, and False Statements. Following his show more successful 20-year career as a poet, he decided it was time to switch gears and try his hand at writing fictional crime novels. He published his first novel, Under Cover of Daylight, in 1987. Since then he has written over 15 novels including the Thorn Mysteries series, Bones of Coral, Hard Aground, Rough Draft, and Forests of the Night. Several of his novels have been optioned for film and he has written screenplays for two of those projects. He is a professor of literature and writing at Florida International University. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Bones of Coral
- Original title
- Bones of Coral
- Original publication date
- 1991
- People/Characters
- Shaw Chandler; Cassie Raintree; Trula Montoya
- Important places
- Florida, USA
- Epigraph
- Fall fathom five they father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange
~w Shakespe... (show all)are
The Tempest - Dedication
- For Evelyn
- First words
- Cassie Raintree was dying of brain cancer every afternoon at two-thirty.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He was kissing Trula Montoya, and she was kissing him.
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