Item specifics Condition: Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear. ISBN-10: 0156033984 Publication Year: 2009 ISBN-13: 9780156033985 Language: English Author: Inger Ash Wolfe Subject: Mystery, Thriller Format: Trade Paperback Detailed item info: Synopsis Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef has lived all her days in the small town of Port Dundas, Ontario and is now making her way toward retirement with something less than grace. Hobbled by a bad back and a dependence on painkillers, and feeling blindsided by divorce after nearly four decades of marriage, sixty-one-year-old Hazel has only the constructive criticism of her mother (the former mayor) and her own sharp tongue to buoy her. But when a terminally ill woman is gruesomely murdered in her own home, Hazel and her understaffed department must spring to life. And as one terminally ill victim after another is found, Hazel finds herself tracking a truly terrifying serial killer while everything around her spins out of control. Through the cacophony of her bickering staff, her unsupportive superiors, a clamoring press, the town's rumor mill, and her own nagging doubts, Hazel can sense the dead trying to call out. Will she hear them before it's too late? Key Details Author Inger Ash Wolfe Number Of Pages 384 pages Format Paperback Publication Date 2009-05-19 Language English Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Additional Details Copyright Date 2009 Dimensions Width 5.3 In. Length 8 In. Target Audience Group Trade Classification Method Dewey Decimal 813/.6 Dewey Edition 22 Reviews "I don't read serial-killer novels. I find life terrifying enough, thank you very much, without filling my mind with explicit violent imagery. But I found "The Calling" so impressive I couldn't put the damned thing down. Of course, that's why it's ultimately terrifying: because the characters come to life and only then come to death." "The Calling is a wonderful, creepy, and suspenseful novel with enough twists and compelling characters to make you want to devour it all in one sitting." "The Calling is that rare unplug-the-phone, skip-all-meals, ignore-your-bedtime thriller. It's twisty, sharp and very, very creepy--and Det. Hazel Micallef is a perfectly original charmer." "The Calling' is a solid beach read, particularly for boomers and beyond." "Whether this novel is a thriller, mystery or police procedural, or a combination of all three genres, it is original and suspenseful." "The story is gripping, with a tight plot, packed with shivering descriptions and taut writing." Sent to: Amazon.com and Indie Next [www.bookweb.org/indiebound, formerly Book Sense/ABA], and will appear in the next issue of I Love a Mystery [iloveamysterynewsletter.com]. It will thereafter be posted on DorothyL and 4MA [For Mystery Addicts] and should appear [online] in the NoName Cafe Book Review Corner [www.LorieHam.com] and Spinetingler Magazine [www.spinetinglermag.com/reviews/home.html] and, in print and online, in Mystery Women [www.mysterywomen.co.uk], Crimespree Magazine and in Midwest Book Review's "Reviewer's Bookwatch" [under "Theodore's Bookshelf"]. *"This bracingly original mystery from the pseudonymous Wolfe opens with the grisly slaying of an elderly cancer sufferer in Port Dundas, a remote Ontario town that has gone years without a homicide. The murder hits at a particularly tough time for 61-year-old Det. Insp. Hazel Micallef, who's struggling to come to terms with a surprise divorce and battles daily with her acerbic 87-year-old mother. A serious staff shortage and an injured back add to the department commander's woes. A second, even more disturbing killing raises the ante for Micallef, who's already doubtful she can solve the first case. As Micallef marshals her forces, Wolfe fans the already high suspense by cutting between them and their elusive quarry. With the body count climbing, the detective puts herself increasingly at risk in a desperate attempt to foil the grand, demented plan that the killer regards as a mission. Billed as a prominent North American literary novelist, Wolfe convincingly lays claim to a new mantle as a first-rate crime writer." The Calling had me from the first page and never let me go. I absolutely loved Hazel Micallef."

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