Doug Allyn, Author . Five Star $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4104-0202-8
Fans of Edgar-winner Allyn's Dr. David Westbrook will be thrilled by this first novel to feature his short story hero. The troubled veterinarian has moved to a small town in northern Michigan to start a new life, but his past soon catches up...
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Doug Allyn, Author St. Martin's Press $16.95 (252p) ISBN 978-0-312-03302-6
In this surprising, uncompromising first novel, ``cowboy'' cop Lupe Garcia (with a rep for violence and no regard for the proper channels) investigates the throat-slashing murders of several women in the Detroit area. Under pressure to make an...
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Doug Allyn, Author St. Martin's Press $21 (247p) ISBN 978-0-312-11829-7
Allyn (Motown Underground) plumbs the deep secrets of a small town on Michigan's upper peninsula in this action-packed tale of shipwreck salvages, murder and an intricate struggle between families. When her father dies, Michelle Mitchell leaves the...
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Doug Allyn, Author St. Martin's Press $5.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-95764-3
Allyn's latest mystery concerns a woman who returns home after the death of her father, only to discover that he was involved in shady dealings and to begin to suspect that his death was not accidental. (Mar.)
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Doug Allyn, Author St. Martin's Press $21.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-13932-2
A remarkably gripping climax almost redeems the second appearance of Michelle ""Mitch"" Mitchell (Icewater Mansions), the scuba-diving northern Michigan tavern owner. Plucky Mitch, whose young son is off at boarding school, is lamenting the dry rot...
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Doug Allyn, Author Thomas Dunne Books $22.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-312-16807-0
Despite the strong lead character, a weak supporting cast undermines this third outing (Icewater Mansions; Black Water) for Michelle ""Mitch"" Mitchell. Mitch is a professional deep-sea diver now in dry dock in Michigan, where she's trying to make a
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Doug Allyn, Author Five Star (ME) $23.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7862-3421-9
Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth, compiled by the Sisters Wells (aka Patricia Wells Lunneborg and Roberta Wells Ryan), offers a feast of food scenes culled from the work of women mystery writers. Chapters include ""Coffee and Donuts,"" ""Crime
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Doug Allyn. Stark House, $17.95 trade paper (258p) ISBN 978-1-944520-17-5
This superior crime novel set in 1960s Detroit, from Allyn (Motown Underground) stars Irish Mick Shannon, a former prize fighter and ex-felon. Mick stumbles into a new career when elderly mobster Moishe Abrams uses him to collect the “vig” (the...
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