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Michael Kent

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Born
in Montreal, Canada
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Genre
Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Influences
Robert Crais, Robert B. Parker, John D. MacDonald, Ace Atkins.

Member Since
April 2015


Michael Kent is a retired international management consultant. Contrary to his technical writing, his fiction always has a tinge of humor and a special twist to the tale. He is the author of the Lieutenant Beaudry series.

A native of Montreal, he is fully bilingual, normally in the same sentence.

Years as a private pilot, avid reading, and extensive traveling, have built up a storehouse of plots and stories to be shared with the world.

Michael has penned winning short stories on Writers on the Net, Writer’s Village University, Flash Me Magazine, and won first in a flash and two ‘drabble’ contests. He is an active writer and reviewer on The Next Big Writer and a member of Crime Writers of Canada. He is also one of the founders of Writers First- ...more

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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?
Michael Kent Horror is not my type of writing, but I can give you a 50-word mystery drabble.
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The bloodied corpse is in the dumpster. It's raining, si…moreHorror is not my type of writing, but I can give you a 50-word mystery drabble.
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The bloodied corpse is in the dumpster. It's raining, six-fifteen a.m. Another detective shows up. I point to the stiff and tell him happily, “I guess this is yours.” I take another sip of my coffee and smile. With a sour look, he says, “Yeah, heard you’re retiring tomorrow.” (less)
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What books are on your summer reading list this year?
Michael Kent Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr / Little White Lies by Robert Parker-(Ace Atkins) / The new novel Legacy by Jim Napier / Also busy writing the next Lt. B…morePrussian Blue by Philip Kerr / Little White Lies by Robert Parker-(Ace Atkins) / The new novel Legacy by Jim Napier / Also busy writing the next Lt. Beaudry mystery "Tainted Evidence" (out July)(less)
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Average rating: 4.09 · 22 ratings · 19 reviews · 8 distinct works
Dead Run (A Lieutenant Beau...
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Twice Dead (Lieutenant Beau...
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“The tone of voice carries more meaning than the words said. The art of writing is the ability to convey this subtlety in the scene, by choice of words, timing, imagery, allusion, and metaphor.
--Michael Kent”
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“Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.”
― Doris Lessing
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“The tone of voice carries more meaning than the words said. The art of writing is the ability to convey this subtlety in the scene, by choice of words, timing, imagery, allusion, and metaphor.
--Michael Kent”
― Michael Kent
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“The writing gets easy once your characters trust that you will not only report what they say but convey what they mean and feel.
~ Michael Kent”
― Michael Kent, Twice Dead: A Lieutenant Beaudry Novel
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Apr 16, 2015 06:41AM

Michael Kent “Love that comes crashing in on the crest of a wave sometimes departs quietly with the outgoing tide.”

From: Blood Tail (A lieutenant Beaudry novel)
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