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Very Bad Deaths

by Spider Robinson

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ISBN13: 9781416520832
ISBN10: 141652083x
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Aging baby-boomer Russell Walker wants only to retreat from the world and the shattering death of his beloved wife, into the woods of British Columbia. But the real world won't let him become a hermit. Instead, he finds himself thrust into the mystery of a series of mass murders by a monstrous sadist and serial killer who makes Hannibal Lector look like a boy scout. And he is caught in a frightening predicament: He is the only possible intermediary between a telepath called Smelly, so sensitive he can't stand to be near most people, and a skeptical police officer who needs to hear and believe what Smelly knows about the fiend. This involuntary trio may be the only ones who can catch the inhuman butcher before he kills again-if he doesn't catch them first.

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Aging baby-boomer Russell Walker is the unwilling intermediary between a reclusive telepath and a skeptical police officer, and this involuntary trio may be the only ones who can catch a serial killer--if he doesn't catch them first.

About the Author

Award-winning author Spider Robinson is renowned for his "Callahan's Place" series of bestselling novels, the latest being Callahan's Con (Tor). With his wife, Jeanne, he has written the Hugo- and Nebula-winning "Stardance" series (Baen). He has been a favorite with readers from his earliest stories, which won him the John Campbell Award for best new writer. Since then he has garnered many other awards for his amusing, Heinlein-inspired SF, with the current total at three Hugos and a Nebula Award. He is frequently a guest at SF conventions across the US and Canada. His last book for Baen was the novel Lady Slings the Booze, an offshoot of the Callahan series.

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ISBN:
9781416520832
Author:
Robinson, Spider
Publisher:
Baen Books
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Police
Subject:
Science Fiction - Space Opera
Subject:
Science Fiction - Adventure
Subject:
Serial murders
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
Subject:
Science / General
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Copyright:
Edition Description:
B101
Publication Date:
September 2006
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
337
Dimensions:
6.74x4.24x.94 in. .39 lbs.

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