Eureka
by William Diehl
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In 1941, Los Angels police detective Zeke Bannon investigates the suspicious electrocution of Verna Wilensky. He followsa trail of checks stretching back twenty years that leads him to Thomas Culhane of San Peitro, a man who may well be the next governor.Tags
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I generally steer clear of novels set in other than contemporary times but one of my web book friends gave this a strong recommendation and I am so glad he did. The story goes from 1900 through 1945 and follows the people of a small California town. A woman found dead in her bath in 1941 leads to a trail through the history of this small town. The book grips from word one to the end.
The linking of historical events and characters from the 1910's and 1920's with the police detective and the mystery he is trying to solve in 1941 is the major point of interest in this story. However, the book is too long, and the characters are not well developed. There is a lot of action, but no character-related dramatic tension.
Young man with little is taken in by rich Calif. family. He becomes a WW1 hero and returns to town after several years and becomes Sheriff He then becomes involved in an investigation of a murder. This book was interesting at first and then got way bogged down in too much dialogue. Would have been a better book with 350pages rather than 550.
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Excellent mystery, takes place in 1900, 1919, 1941, 1946.
War hero want to clean up his childhood town, woman dies down south in Los Angeles, is the woman from Eureka, and if so why was she killed, and why now.
Find this book, it is definitely worth it.
War hero want to clean up his childhood town, woman dies down south in Los Angeles, is the woman from Eureka, and if so why was she killed, and why now.
Find this book, it is definitely worth it.
Not as impressive as some of Diehl's other works, it is still a decent crime/mystery.
Talk about you cold case file. A seemingly accent in a bathtum in 1941 is being looked at again. Politics and intrigue abound in this thriller.
First edition as new
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William Francis Diehl was born in Jamaica, New York on December 4, 1924. During World War II, he served as a ball turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator where he flew 24 missions over Germany. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He received a B.A. in creative writing and show more history from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1949. He began his writing career in 1949 at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he served as a writer, photojournalist and editor. Additionally, he worked as a freelance photographer and an actor. His articles have appeared in Esquire, Life, Look, and New York. He started writing his first novel, Sharky's Machine, while serving as a juror. The novel was published in 1978 and was later made into a movie. His other works include Chameleon, Hooligans, The Horse, Show of Evil, Reign in Hell, and Eureka. His novel, Primal Fear, also became a movie. He died of aortic embolism on November 24, 2006. His last work, Seven Ways to Die, was completed by Kenneth Atchity and published in 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Eureka
- Important places
- California, USA
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- Reviews
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- Rating
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- Languages
- English, French
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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