Time to Say Goodbye - Softcover

MacEnulty, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852424680 ISBN 13: 9781852424688

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2006

Synopsis

“A spare disciplined prose that no one will be able to read without thinking of Hemingway. But MacEnulty has made the style her own.”—Observer

“MacEnulty writes with sympathy, wisdom and—an unexpected blessing—humour.”—Guardian

“The dirty realistic landscape sometimes steps aside for bittersweet coming-of-age flashbacks, but mostly we’re in swampy hell. Harry Crews would love it.”—Uncut

Time to Say Goodbye tells the story of a suburban wife and mother with a deadly past and the detective who is determined to find out the truth. When a motel maid in Gainesville, Florida, is brutally murdered, Detective Bullock believes the crime may be linked to three 25-year-old murders. Later, when another woman disappears, Bullock discovers a connection that his superiors don’t want him to pursue. Working on his own time, Bullock follows a lead to a realtor in North Carolina. Another kidnapping takes him back to Florida and into the eye of a hurricane, where he must battle the elements to save lives. Pat MacEnulty’s first mystery, Time to Say Goodbye is a triumphant invasion of the traditionally male world of noir writing.

Pat MacEnulty lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is the recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Florida Arts Council.

About this title

About the Author:

Pat MacEnulty lives in North Carolina and is working on another novel. She is the recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Florida Arts Council and several other fellowships and awards for her writing.

From Publishers Weekly:

Patsy Palmer, a happily married suburban mom and successful Charlotte, N.C., real estate agent, has a secret. A really, really big secret. Over two decades ago, when she was known as Vera Lee Gifford, she was convicted of three murders: the owner of the bar where she worked as an exotic dancer, the owner's bodyguard and the wife of her boyfriend's lawyer. After breaking out of prison, she transforms herself into a solid citizen by taking a new name, graduating from college and eventually marrying good-guy Tom Palmer. When younger sister Fancy Lee decides to find Vera, Patsy's picture-perfect life begins to unravel. An old prison pal of Vera's, Thelma Jackson, has been murdered, and Gainesville, Fla., police detective Rodney Ellis, who years ago arrested the teenaged Vera, is called in to investigate. Patsy fights to keep her early years a secret, but soon the past comes back to bite her, and she's fighting for not only her own life but her young daughter's as well. It's a tangled tale whose twists and turns explain the hows and whys, but lackluster writing, a preponderance of coincidence and a familiar story keep the ending and its revelations from being much of a surprise. (Mar.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1852424680
• ISBN 13: 9781852424688
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256