The Deader the Better - Softcover

G.M. Ford

4.07

807 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330427563 ISBN 13: 9780330427562

Publisher: Pan Books, 2006

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Seattle p.i. Leo Waterman isn't looking for trouble when he and his forensic pathologist girlfriend Rebecca escape into the Washington wilder for a few days of relaxation -- it just seems to find him. An old friend has purchased some choice property here in North America's only rain forest and his posting of "No Trespassing" signs has incurred the wrath of every sportsman for miles around. But what starts as irksome harassment by the offended locals soon escalates into the real of the lethal. And it's just Waterman's luck to be in the epicenter of this murderous mess at the very moment it bursts into flames.

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About the Author:

G.M. Ford is the author of six widely praised Frank Corso novels, Fury, Black River, A Blind Eye, Red Tide, No Man's Land, and Blown Away, as well as six highly acclaimed mysteries featuring Seattle private investigator Leo Waterman. A former creative writing teacher in western Washington, Ford lives in Oregon and is currently working on his next novel.

From Kirkus Reviews:

A case of arrested development, says forensic pathologist Rebecca Duvall of her friend/lover/colleague Seattle shamus Leo Waterman. Just another, albeit larger, version of Peter Pan, she maintains, adding that what she wants in her bed, in her life, is a grown-up. Leo, being Leowhich is to say smart, sensitive, though unquestionably stubbornsees her point, but is not about to schedule a makeover. Anyway, it's all trauma-induced, a sympathetic friend tells Leototally predictable in the aftermath of the smash-up. There they were in backwater Stevens Falls, a tiny island off the Atlantic coast, sort of nosing into the untimely death of a friendnot really serious about investigating, not much more than mildly curiouswhen a couple of very large trucks sandwiched their very small car. With malice aforethought. With broken bones (for Rebecca), stitches galore (for Leo), and hospitalization (for both) as the scary result. Message received, Rebecca says, and wants to call it quits. Whatever the secret of Stevens Falls is, the sensible thing, the adult thing to do is let it remain buried. But Leo, being Leo, can't operate that way. He has to know what's rotten in Stevens Falls. And, just as much to the point (for Leo), he has to generate payback. The thinnish secret takes too long to unwrap, but tough, funny Leo (Last Ditch, 1999, etc.) is worth the price as usual. Rebecca, be advisedLeo's the gumshoe to stick to. -- Copyright �2000, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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