Death and Shadows

Blackwater Bay #4

by Paula Gosling

Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (toning to pages) Hardcover first edition - Little Brown,, (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (toning to pages). First printing. The fourth novel in the Blackwater Bay mystery series by this award winning author, set in a small town located on one of the Great Lakes and featuring Sheriff Matt Gabriel. When a friend is murdered at a clinic catering to the well-to-do outside Blackwater, Laura Brandon, a physiotherapist and niece of the owner, takes a job hoping to find out more about the still unsolved murder. Complicating the investigation are stories about a legendary 'Shadowman.' Although born in Detroit, Gosling has lived in the UK since the 1960s, and her books are sometimes based in the US and sometimes in the UK. 332 pp.

384 pages, Hardcover

First published October 11, 1999

About the author

Paula Gosling is a US born crime writer. She has lived in the UK since the 1960s. Gosling started her writing career as a copy-writer and published her first novel, A Running Duck, in 1974. This won the John Creasey Award for the best first novel of the year and she has also received both the Gold Dagger for Monkey Puzzle in 1985. She is a past Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association.

Her novel A Running Duck, written in 1974 (also published as Fair Game), has been adapted twice into films, once as a Sylvester Stallone vehicle - Cobra and the second time as a film with Cindy Crawford entitled Fair Game.

Reviews

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

7/10

[Chantal · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a good suspence. I want to read more of this author

[JenniferB]

Good story - extremely readable, interesting