Impulse - Softcover

Ramsay, Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1458739570 ISBN 13: 9781458739575

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2012

Synopsis

Frank Smith, famed writer of murder mysteries, boards Southwest Airlines heading from Phoenix to Baltimore. His goal is his 50th class reunion at Scott Academy, but behind him he leaves the highly suspicious disappearance of his wife four years ago and the relentless quest of Officer Ledezma whose impulse is that Smith has killed her and buried the body. But another mystery awaits Frank Smith at Scott, a mystery 25 years old. A group of young boys walked from the campus into the woods - and disappeared. What could have happened to them? Who better than he to probe the mystery? In doing so, he not only relives his own boyhood when his father was the upright head of Scott's English Department, but also that of the classmates of the missing boys, some of whom are back at Scott now for their 25th. Warm yet suspenseful, rich with a floodtide of emotions and packed with little nuggets of pure gold characterizations, Ramsay explores the role of impulse on many levels.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Frederick Ramsay was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Upon graduating from Washington and Lee University in Virginia, he received his doctorate from the University of Illinois - Westside Medical Campus. After a stint in the Army, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland, School of Medicine, teaching Anatomy, Embryology and Histology; engaged in research and also served as an Associate Dean. During this time he also pursued studies in theology and in 1971 was ordained an Episcopal priest. He is the author of several scientific and general articles, tracts, theses, and co-author of The Baltimore Declaration. He is an accomplished public speaker and once hosted a television spot, Prognosis, on the evening news for WMAR-TV, Baltimore. He is also an iconographer with works displayed around the world. He lives in Surprise, Arizona, with his wife and partner, Susan. Secrets is his second novel.

Review

''Superb, perfectly paced . . . Seldom in crime fiction does one meet lead characters as likable as Smith and his long-lost friend/new love interest, Rosemary Mitchell. Both are 'pushing seventy' but try to solve the various mysteries with the style, audacity, and intelligence of a Sun City version of Nick and Nora Charles. Their senior viewpoint with commentary on various generations -- 'Greatest,' Boomers, Xers -- makes for a perspective that's at once tart, worldly, and compassionate and that nicely balances the genuine evil in the air.'' --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

''Partly to escape scrutiny by police, who suspect him of murdering his...wife, mystery writer Frank Smith decides to attend the fiftieth reunion of Scott Academy . . . At a cocktail party, he's challenged to solve a real-life mystery that occurred at the school . . . Unable to solve his wife's disappearance, he throws himself into this new crime . . . Wrapped in a mystery-frame story, this is a touching reflection on the changes that come with growing older in a society prejudiced against the elderly.'' --Booklist

''Partly to escape scrutiny by police, who suspect him of murdering his...wife, mystery writer Frank Smith decides to attend the fiftieth reunion of Scott Academy . . . At a cocktail party, he's challenged to solve a real-life mystery that occurred at the school . . . Unable to solve his wife's disappearance, he throws himself into this new crime . . . Wrapped in a mystery-frame story, this is a touching reflection on the changes that come with growing older in a society prejudiced against the elderly.'' --Booklist

''Partly to escape scrutiny by police, who suspect him of murdering his...wife, mystery writer Frank Smith decides to attend the fiftieth reunion of Scott Academy . . . At a cocktail party, he's challenged to solve a real-life mystery that occurred at the school . . . Unable to solve his wife's disappearance, he throws himself into this new crime . . . Wrapped in a mystery-frame story, this is a touching reflection on the changes that come with growing older in a society prejudiced against the elderly.'' --Booklist

Edition details

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1458739570
• ISBN 13: 9781458739575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424