Nantucket Counterfeit
A Henry Kennis Mystery #5
by Steven Axelrod
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Pub Date Oct 16 2018 | Archive Date Oct 16 2018
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Description
The fifth Henry Kennis mystery takes us into the closed, gossip-riddled, back-stabbing world of Nantucket's community theater.
Horst Refn, the widely disliked and resented Artistic Director of the Nantucket Theater Lab, has been found stuffed into the meat freezer in his basement. Most of the actors, all the technical crew, and quite a few of the Theater Lab Board members, whom Refn was scamming and blackmailing, are suspects in his murder. The island's Police Chief Henry Kennis has to pick his way through a social minefield as he searches for the killer.
At the same time, daughter's new boyfriend, football star Hector Cruz, has been accused of sexting her. Carrie knows the offending pictures didn't come from him, and Henry has to prove it before the boy gets suspended, which means probing into the family secrets of Hector's father, a firebrand agitprop playwright, who happens to be a prime suspect in Refn's murder.
Every story is a fiction, every identity proves false, and every statement a lie. The counterfeit bills found at the scene of the crime are the most obvious symbol of the deceptions and distractions that obscure the investigation. The truth lies buried in the past, in Refn's earlier crimes and the victims who came to Nantucket seeking revenge.
When the culprit has been revealed, the last masks torn off, and final murder foiled - live, on stage, during the opening night of Who Dun It, the eerily prescient opening drama of the Theater Lab Season - Jane says to Henry, "Is everything counterfeit?" He smiles. "Almost."
Advance Praise
"Fans of traditional mysteries will welcome Axelrod's entertaining fifth outing for Nantucket police chief Henry Kennis...The narrative flows along at a good clip, with eddies of philosophy and humor. The witty dialogue perfectly matches the multifaceted characters. That Henry believes in an 'old school low-tech version of police work' allows the reader to readily follow the clues." —Publishers Weekly
"The fifth in Axelrod's clever series casts a cynical eye on Nantucket's decidedly diverse denizens. Only the most careful readers, undistracted by his satire, will figure out whodunit." —Kirkus Reviews
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781464210419 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Judy G S, Librarian
Henry Kennis, police chief on Nantucket, is known for his intelligence, his poem writing, and his ability to accurately read people, and the realistic situation on Nantucket between the ultra rich and the rest of the island. The local theatre director was murdered and the list of people who hated him is a mile long. Steven Axelrod accurately describes island places, the politics of the summer crowd, and writes wonderful characters and complex mysteries. I’ve loved each book, and each book becomes more interesting as characters grow and develop, and I’m always surprised as to the murderer. I highly recommend.
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