Murder On Spruce Island: a Louis B. Davenport mystery

by Gene Brewer

As Special Deputy Sheriff Louis B. Davenport is leaving for a holiday visit with his grandchildren, a call someone on Spruce Island has murdered one of the guests at Porpoise Bay Cottages, and Davenport has been assigned to the case. When he arriv

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Gene R. Brewer was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana and educated at DePauw University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before becoming a novelist Dr. Brewer studied DNA replication and cell division at several major research institutions, including St. Jude Children's REsearch Hospital (Memphis) and Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland). He is the author of the acclaimed K-PAX trilogy, a memoir (Creating K-PAX), a story for young adults ("Alejandro" in Twice Told), and the stage adaptation of his novel, K-PAX. He lives in New York City and Vermont with his wife and their dog Flower. Hobbies are flying, running, chess, astronomy/cosmology, music, theater, and of course, reading (favorite author: Kurt Vonnegut). Passions include ecology, animal rights*, and his wife, Karen.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

I would give this novel zero stars if I could, but I'm afraid that if I leave the rating blank people would think I just didn't mark it or that I forgot about it. Therefore, consider this a zero rating. I knew I was in trouble as soon as I read the sentence "What a conglomeration of serendipitous occurrences a life is, he mused". What a terrible sentence. Just say what you mean! No one speaks like that. It read to me like something one of my students would write when they are trying out new words. It went downhill from there.

Spruce Island is a thinly disguised Grand Manan, so I bought the book to support local industry. Unfortunately, all the talk of the Spruce Island finger wave and the local dulce soon ran thin. It is true that there is a finger wave that drivers on Grand Manan give each other, but it really isn't nearly as confusing or as big a deal as Brewer makes it out to be.

I would not suggest reading this book at all.