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Michael Slade Mixed: Primal Scream/Headhunter
Mass Market Paperback
Published August 1, 1998
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Michael Slade
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Criminal lawyer MICHAEL SLADE has acted in over one hundred murder cases. His specialty is the law of insanity. He argued the last death penalty case in Canada’s highest court.
Backed by his forensic experience, Slade’s Special X and Wyatt Rook thrillers fuse the genres of police and legal procedure, whodunit and impossible crime, suspense, history, and horror.
Slade was guest of honor at both the Bloody Words crime convention and the World Horror Convention. As Time Out puts it, “A thin line separates crime and horror, and in Michael Slade’s thrillers, the demarcation vanishes altogether.”
Slade was guest speaker at the international Police Leadership Conference and several RCMP regimental dinners. As Reader’s Digest puts it, “The Slade books have developed a strong following among police officers because of their strict adherence to proper police procedure.”
For the stories behind his plots, visit Slade’s Morgue at www.specialx.net.
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January 6, 2018Michael Slade is a pseudonym for 3 Vancouver criminal lawyers who began writing detective fiction with a horror slant with 'Headhunter'.
Set in Vancouver, this novel's protagonist is a female rcmp detective with Special X investigating a serial killer.
Other Slade books feature plotlines involving the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and an awesomely horrifying 3-page death by grizzly bear attack that makes The Revenant seem like that friendly cuddly bear movie.
As a longtime reader of thrillers, police procedurals and horror, I found Headhunter to be an original surprising read in a genre that rarely surprises. If you are a mild mannered reader, these are not the writers for you.
*caution: later books by the Slade franchise are not as good as early Slade, the authorship changed, became nespotic (very canadian) and quality of writing suffered accordingly
Set in Vancouver, this novel's protagonist is a female rcmp detective with Special X investigating a serial killer.
Other Slade books feature plotlines involving the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and an awesomely horrifying 3-page death by grizzly bear attack that makes The Revenant seem like that friendly cuddly bear movie.
As a longtime reader of thrillers, police procedurals and horror, I found Headhunter to be an original surprising read in a genre that rarely surprises. If you are a mild mannered reader, these are not the writers for you.
*caution: later books by the Slade franchise are not as good as early Slade, the authorship changed, became nespotic (very canadian) and quality of writing suffered accordingly
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