Mating Season (Frank Coffin Mysteries) - Hardcover

Jon Loomis

3.51

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9780312367701: Mating Season (Frank Coffin Mysteries)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312367708 ISBN 13: 9780312367701

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2009

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Jon Loomis’s sharp and witty debut, High Season, starring Detective Frank Coffin, a onetime Baltimore homicide detective who came back to his hometown after one too many grisly crime scenes started to take their toll, was one of The Washington Post’s best mysteries of the year and an editor’s choice title for The New York Times Book Review. Coffin had hoped that the move to Provincetown, Massachusetts, would put an end to his panic attacks, but so far, the quirky Cape Cod tourist town has been every bit as brutal as the big city. Now in Loomis’s winning follow-up, Coffin has to get a grip in order to investigate the murder of one of the town’s most “popular” women.

Beautiful and the heir to a tremendous fortune, Kenji Sole had an active love life---a very active love life. When she’s found stabbed to death on the floor of her bedroom dressed only in a negligee, it’s clear someone very close to her is probably responsible. Since she didn’t care about her many lovers’ marital status, Frank and his partner Officer Lola Winters have their work cut out for them interviewing all of her lovers---not to mention their jealous wives---to find out who killed the much-sought-after Ms. Sole.

With Mating Season, another wry and wickedly suspenseful mystery, Loomis continues to be one of crime fiction’s most promising stars.

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From the Back Cover:

In Jon Loomis’s winning follow-up to High Season—named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post—homicide detective Frank Coffin must investigate the murder of one of Cape Cod’s most “popular” women...

“Loomis’s prose is crisp and smart, his characterizations ring true ...Reminiscent of Robert B. Parker at his best.”
—Booklist (starred review)

Coffin came back to his hometown of Provincetown, Massachusetts, hoping to put his days of grisly big-city crime-fighting behind. But so far, the quirky beach town has been none too peaceful. Case in point: Beautiful local Kenji Sole—heir to a tremendous fortune—has been found stabbed to death on the floor of her bedroom. In a negligee. And everybody in town has an opinion about who did it...

“A SEXY AND MALICIOUS PIECE OF WORK...The Cape, as Loomis depicts it, may be both the most beautiful and most wacky spot on the Eastern seaboard.”—Toronto Star

Someone very close to the victim is probably responsible. But this was a woman with an active love life. Very active. Since she never cared much about her lovers’ marital status, Frank and his partner Officer Lola Winters have their work cut out for them interviewing all of her lovers—not to mention their jealous wives—to find out who killed the much-sought-after Ms. Sole.

About the Author:

JON LOOMIS, recipient of a number of fellowships and awards, is the author of two collections of poetry in addition to the first Frank Coffin mystery, High Season. His laurels include the FIELD poetry prize, grants from the Ohio Arts Council and the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and an MFA from the University of Virginia. A college professor, he lives with his wife and son in Wisconsin.

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