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Poor Poor Ophelia

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Pub Date Feb 03 2015 | Archive Date Feb 10 2015


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It’s the turbulent 1970s, a time of social upheaval. The generation gap has never seemed so wide and perilous, especially for veteran Santa Monica homicide detective Al Krug and his new partner, university-educated ex-surfer Casey Kellog, the youngest detective on the force. A woman’s corpse is found floating in the bay with a law firm’s business card, sealed in plastic, strung around her neck. Krug and Kellog have to solve the bizarre and gruesome murder… if they don’t kill each other first.

It’s the turbulent 1970s, a time of social upheaval. The generation gap has never seemed so wide and perilous, especially for veteran Santa Monica homicide detective Al Krug and his new partner...


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Advance Praise

"Weston sets up a situation in which a young, college graduate detective has to overcome the resentment of older cops…Weston writes smoothly, inserts some well-deserved vignettes, and uses a good deal of sharp dialogue"

New York Times

"Casey Kellogg is a new style city detective, with imagination and sympathy, and his partner is tougher and cruder…a hard-hitting style which is also eminently readable"

San Francisco Chronicle

"An expert thriller, with a relationship between its two heroes that deserves fuller attention in future books"

St. Louis Post Dispatch

"A classic police procedural: The older, more experienced cop teaches his brash, younger partner the value of experience, but grudgingly finds himself conceding that the kid has pretty good instincts as well."

SFGate

"An incredibly brilliant mystery novel"

The Criminal Element

"Weston sets up a situation in which a young, college graduate detective has to overcome the resentment of older cops…Weston writes smoothly, inserts some well-deserved vignettes, and...


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Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781941298497
PRICE $11.99 (USD)

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