Synopses & Reviews
His night at the hotel begins with promise, but then his prospective one-night stand walks out on him. Leaving town, Denny is mistaken for look-a-like Homer Dumpling, a popular native son who mysteriously disappeared from town three years earlier. Instead of correcting the mistake, Denny dons his new identity as easily as a Vermonter's winter fleece, and a good thing too-the woman he had hoped to sleep with has turned up dead, and Denny is the chief suspect. As Denny tries to unravel the mystery, he struggles to hide his true identity from Homer's increasingly suspicious circle of family and friends, including Homer's prickly girlfriend. In Denny, Carkeet has crafted a fast-talking bumbler whose instinct for survival will face the ultimate challenge, with readers cheering him on all the way.
Review
Praise for From Away:"Imagine Preston Sturges and Ruth Rendell collaborating and youve got From Away. Beautifully plotted, emotionally resonant and, most of all, hilarious." --Jonathan Kellerman
"Fresh and unafraid. Enjoyment guaranteed." --T. Jefferson Parker
"From Away by David Carkeet is one of the more interesting crime novels that Ive read this year... This is a crime novel written as much for laughs as any other reason and is largely successful because of the main character." -- Spinetingler Magazine
"Acclaimed author David Carkeet is back with a masterpiece of comic mystery writing...From Away delivers a wild ride of a story and an unforgettable hero." -- OC Metro
Synopsis
Denny Braintree, a wisecracking loner devoted to model trains, finds himself stranded in late-winter Vermont.