Nantucket Sawbuck (Henry Kennis Mysteries) - Hardcover

Axelrod, Steven

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1464200874 ISBN 13: 9781464200878

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2014

Synopsis

"Axelrod's promising debut introduces a protagonist who will remind readers of Robert Parker's sleuths. The two-part story structure ("Premeditation"and "Post Mortem") also gives readers an Ellery Queen type of opportunity to "help solve" the crime." ―Library Journal

When Nantucket homeowner Preston Lomax is killed, everyone on the island could be a suspect. Lomax lived large, owed money, and the word was spreading he was planning to stiff them all and disappear. Chief of Police Henry Kennis, a newcomer from California, investigates with help from the State Police. Together they solve the case―or so it appears. But Kennis can't shake the feeling that they've missed something.

Kennis soon discovers scandals, intrigues and an eclectic cast of local characters―oddball journalists, surfing carpenters, drug dealers, wealthy homeowners and their slacker children. Kennis uncovers a truth that lies somewhere between the bad blood and the good neighbors.

About this title

About the Author

Steven Axelrod holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and remains a member of the WGA despite a long absence from Hollywood. His work has been featured on various websites, including the literary e-zine Numéro Cinq, where he is on the masthead; Salon.com; and The Good Men Project; as well as the magazines Pulp Modern and Big Pulp.

A father of two, he lives on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, where he paints houses and writes.

From Booklist

Preston Lomax put the filthy in filthy rich. He humiliated his sons, ignored his daughter, belittled his wife, and failed to pay what he owed his drug dealers. And he didn’t even consider paying the countless painters, plasterers, and construction crews who worked on his estate all summer. So when he’s murdered in his newly renovated Nantucket home, the suspect pool is understandably deep. New to the island, Police Chief Henry Kennis uses good old-fashioned detective work to narrow down who on the island had the most to gain from Lomax’s demise. With only an unarmed alarm and half-smoked cigarette as evidence, Kennis never lets up. Even after the case is seemingly wrapped up, one unsolved little detail draws him back in and places him in the middle of the worst moral dilemma of his career. Kennis is an honorable small-town cop whom readers will root for. Novelist Axelrod, son of screenwriter George Axelrod (The Seven Year Itch and Breakfast at Tiffany’s), is a Hollywood veteran who currently lives on Nantucket Island, where he writes books and paints houses. --Karen Keefe

Edition details

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1464200874
• ISBN 13: 9781464200878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250