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Ben Bartholomew #2
The Case of the Secret Assassin
- GenresHistorical Fiction
248 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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About the author
Kel Richards
66 books20 followersKevin Barry "Kel" Richards (born 8 February 1946) is an Australian author, journalist and radio personality.
Richards has written a series of crime novels and thrillers for adult readers which includes The Case of the Vanishing Corpse, Death in Egypt and An Outbreak of Darkness.
Richards currently presents ABC NewsRadio's weekend afternoons, which includes regular Wordwatch segments. Wordwatch is a feature introduced by Richards. Initially developed as a "filler" program for the radio programs to allow time for changes of people or locations, it tapped into an interest by the listening public and several books have been produced based on the show's research. In November 2003 the thousandth episode of the show was produced.
Richards can also be heard on ABC Local Radio programs including Nightlife (national) and Evenings in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
Richards has written a series of crime novels and thrillers for adult readers which includes The Case of the Vanishing Corpse, Death in Egypt and An Outbreak of Darkness.
Richards currently presents ABC NewsRadio's weekend afternoons, which includes regular Wordwatch segments. Wordwatch is a feature introduced by Richards. Initially developed as a "filler" program for the radio programs to allow time for changes of people or locations, it tapped into an interest by the listening public and several books have been produced based on the show's research. In November 2003 the thousandth episode of the show was produced.
Richards can also be heard on ABC Local Radio programs including Nightlife (national) and Evenings in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
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December 24, 2022
“Caesarea, being a Roman city, had all the usual temples. I passed the temple of Vespa, with the little motor scooters parked out the front. Next door was the temple of Pasta, its porch filled with statues of the minor deities – Tortellini, Macaroni, Vermicelli and the rest.”
Biblical Noir: murders in 57 A.D. with telephones, cars, pizzas, etc. Sam Bartholomew is a would-be private detective on the trail of an assassin who has been contracted to murder (Saint) Paul.
I thought that 1st century events written as a 1930’s detective story would be amusing. There were a few gags: “There were Egyptians, inventors of pyramids; Romans, inventors of pizzas; Greeks, inventors of philosophy; and Phonoecians, inventors of the phone.” But I found it uninteresting and didn’t care about the protagonist or what happened next. I only reached page 66. Maybe it gets better later.
Biblical Noir: murders in 57 A.D. with telephones, cars, pizzas, etc. Sam Bartholomew is a would-be private detective on the trail of an assassin who has been contracted to murder (Saint) Paul.
I thought that 1st century events written as a 1930’s detective story would be amusing. There were a few gags: “There were Egyptians, inventors of pyramids; Romans, inventors of pizzas; Greeks, inventors of philosophy; and Phonoecians, inventors of the phone.” But I found it uninteresting and didn’t care about the protagonist or what happened next. I only reached page 66. Maybe it gets better later.
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