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Deceit
What do you do when a former lover turns up dead . . . and you discover everything she told you was a lie? The gripping story that unfolds as Pete Thorsen follows the twisted path to the truth will keep you riveted to your seat!
306 pages, Paperback
First published May 13, 2013
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About the author
Robert Wangard
12 books5 followersRobert Wangard writes the Pete Thorsen Mystery series. The first book in the series, TARGET, debuted in 2010, followed by MALICE in 2012, DECEIT in May 2013, and PAYBACK in 2014. STALKED, the fifth in the series, was released in May 2015. Wangard is also the author of an anthology of short stories, HARD WATER BLUES.
Called a "great series" and "excellent" by one professional reviewer, the series features Pete Thorsen, like Bob a former Chicago lawyer, who now lives on a scenic lake in northern Michigan. Another reviewer said that "mystery enthusiasts are sure to be satisfied with [Wangard's] gripping story and expertly developed characters."
PAYBACK was recently named a Finalist for ForeWord Review's 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year. ForeWord covers small and independent presses nationwide.
How does a corporate lawyer who spent his days and many nights working on cross-border M&A deals morph into a crime-fiction writer? By chucking a successful career and doing what he wanted to do. Bob knew it was time to switch when he found himself stealing an hour every morning from a hundred page merger agreement to work on writing assignments for a fiction course he was taking.
Bob's experiences before he entered the practice of law helped shape his perspective on the human character. He drove a Jeep for a U.S. Army CID investigator, stoked blast furnaces in a Milwaukee steel plant, sold encyclopedias door-to-door, and worked on an artificial breeding farm where he led wild-eyed 2,000 bulls out to do their thing.
Besides the Pete Thorsen Mystery series, Bob is the author of HARD WATER BLUES, a crime-fiction anthology published in 2011. Pete Thorsen is featured in some but not all of the stories. In one, a hapless soul narrowly dodges death when he meets a woman in a legendary watering hole on its closing night. In another, a successful businessman has the best day of his life ruined by an e-mail that raises questions about his past. A reviewer said of the anthology that "Wangard has a talent for building a reservoir of suspense in the span of a few pages and then letting the dam break with a 'gotcha' ending."
Bob is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and other writers' organizations.
Called a "great series" and "excellent" by one professional reviewer, the series features Pete Thorsen, like Bob a former Chicago lawyer, who now lives on a scenic lake in northern Michigan. Another reviewer said that "mystery enthusiasts are sure to be satisfied with [Wangard's] gripping story and expertly developed characters."
PAYBACK was recently named a Finalist for ForeWord Review's 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year. ForeWord covers small and independent presses nationwide.
How does a corporate lawyer who spent his days and many nights working on cross-border M&A deals morph into a crime-fiction writer? By chucking a successful career and doing what he wanted to do. Bob knew it was time to switch when he found himself stealing an hour every morning from a hundred page merger agreement to work on writing assignments for a fiction course he was taking.
Bob's experiences before he entered the practice of law helped shape his perspective on the human character. He drove a Jeep for a U.S. Army CID investigator, stoked blast furnaces in a Milwaukee steel plant, sold encyclopedias door-to-door, and worked on an artificial breeding farm where he led wild-eyed 2,000 bulls out to do their thing.
Besides the Pete Thorsen Mystery series, Bob is the author of HARD WATER BLUES, a crime-fiction anthology published in 2011. Pete Thorsen is featured in some but not all of the stories. In one, a hapless soul narrowly dodges death when he meets a woman in a legendary watering hole on its closing night. In another, a successful businessman has the best day of his life ruined by an e-mail that raises questions about his past. A reviewer said of the anthology that "Wangard has a talent for building a reservoir of suspense in the span of a few pages and then letting the dam break with a 'gotcha' ending."
Bob is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and other writers' organizations.
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June 7, 2018
A lot of supposition and guesswork solved this who-done-it rather than facts. I read this little murder mystery for a book club challenge. Just ok.
July 1, 2013
Great book! The best Pete Thorsen mystery yet!
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