Puppets
by Daniel Hecht
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The New Jersey State Police started calling him Howdy Doody, after the famous television puppet of the 1950s. In a thirteen-month period he had killed seven people: three in northern New Jersey, then three in Manhattan, and another in the Bronx—all of them found hung up like puppets, strings attached to their limbs. Finally, the murderer was caught in New York City. But several months later, State Police detective Mo Ford finds another victim, killed and arranged in exactly the same way. show more Is it a copycat crime, or did the police catch the wrong man? Mo's theory about what happened soon expands, implicating US intelligence agencies and a horrific experiment with human beings. But with so many forces behind the scenes, how will he find the true puppet master?. show less
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I got a signed copy :-)
A very nice thriller :-) Kept me reading, guessing who the puppeteer might be. I think that was the objective of the author, but sometimes I know who did it long before the story ends. Not in this case, however, and that is what I liked most.
The subject however is quite gruesome: changing people into murderers, experimenting on dogs. I don't want to imagine that practices like that really do exist, but to be honest, I wouldn't be very surprised if they did under the authority of government agencies.
I liked the unconventional 'hero' Mo Ford, and the way he handles things. Okay, I do get annoyed sometimes (like when Bec cmes to his house and they end up fighting because he isn't real honest), but all in all to me show more he is quite a sympathetic character. show less
A very nice thriller :-) Kept me reading, guessing who the puppeteer might be. I think that was the objective of the author, but sometimes I know who did it long before the story ends. Not in this case, however, and that is what I liked most.
The subject however is quite gruesome: changing people into murderers, experimenting on dogs. I don't want to imagine that practices like that really do exist, but to be honest, I wouldn't be very surprised if they did under the authority of government agencies.
I liked the unconventional 'hero' Mo Ford, and the way he handles things. Okay, I do get annoyed sometimes (like when Bec cmes to his house and they end up fighting because he isn't real honest), but all in all to me show more he is quite a sympathetic character. show less
One of those "couldn't put it down toil the end" books.
Puppets is a fast, intriguing story bolstered by real substance in its study of the dodgy things governments do...Combined with the mind games of a classic manhunt and a splash of romance, it's got pretty much all you could ask for.
Puppets is a fast, intriguing story bolstered by real substance in its study of the dodgy things governments do...Combined with the mind games of a classic manhunt and a splash of romance, it's got pretty much all you could ask for.
I can't remember the book, but I found it on my list of audiobooks that I listened to years ago.
Bizarre moorden worden gepleegd, maar waarom is er tegenwerking binnen de justitie. Mooi opgebouwd, het allerlaatste einde is wat voorspelbaar,maar verder helemaal goed
Jan 15, 2011Dutch
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Daniel Hecht spent 15 years as a classical guitarist and recording artist before turning his attention to writing fiction full-time. Realizing that he couldn't play the guitar anymore due to a medical condition with his hands, Hecht went back to school at the age of 38 and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in fiction. After he graduated, Hecht show more began working full-time as a college administrator and teaching part-time at a state college. During that time Hecht also began writing his first novel, Skull Session. Set in Westchester, New York, the book took Hecht three years to finish. Next, Hecht began looking for a literary agent. After months of searching and half-a-dozen rejection slips later, Hecht made contact with the Watkins Loomis Agency, who put his book up for auction to the major publishing houses in October of 1996. Viking Penguin was the highest bidder, and since then, Skull Session has been sold to publishers in 10 countries throughout the world. He is also known for the Cree Black series which contains City of Masks (2002), Land of Echoes (2004), and Bones of the Barbary Coast (2006). (Bowker Author Biography) Daniel Hecht spent twenty years as a guitarist, a musical career that included albums on Windham Hill Records, concerts at Carnegie Hall, & international performance tours. He received an MFA in writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he was awarded the prestigious Teaching/Writing Fellowship. He now writes from his home in Vermont. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title
- Puppets
- Original title
- Puppets
- Original publication date
- 2001
- People/Characters
- Morgan 'Mo' Ford
- Important places
- New York, USA
- First words
- Mo spotted the van, just by accident, as he and Mike St. Pierre drove past the parking garage on Wilber Street.
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