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Earl Emerson

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Earl Emerson was born July 8, 1948 in Tacoma, Washington. He is the author of the very popular Mac Fontana series as well as the Thomas Black detective series. He won the Shamus Award in 1985 for Poverty Bay, his second novel in the Thomas Black series. He was again nominated for a Shamus for his näytä lisää novel The Vanishing Smile in 1996 (another in the Thomas Black series). Emerson's writing is described as vivid with witty dialog and complex but impeccably credible plots. Emerson remains a lieutenant with the Seattle Fire Department (his Mac Fontana character is a small town fire chief) and lives in North Bend, Washington. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän

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Tekijän teokset

Vertical Burn (2002) 167 kappaletta
The Rainy City (1985) 153 kappaletta
Deception Pass (1997) 143 kappaletta
The Portland Laugher (1994) 129 kappaletta
The Vanishing Smile (1995) 128 kappaletta
Into the Inferno (2003) 119 kappaletta
Catfish Cafe (1998) 118 kappaletta
Fat Tuesday (1987) 118 kappaletta
Yellow Dog Party (1991) 114 kappaletta
Poverty Bay (1985) 111 kappaletta
The Smoke Room (2005) 111 kappaletta
Deviant Behavior (1988) 109 kappaletta
The Million-Dollar Tattoo (1996) 102 kappaletta
Nervous Laughter (1985) 100 kappaletta
The Dead Horse Paint Company (1997) 92 kappaletta
Pyro (2004) 87 kappaletta
Black Hearts and Slow Dancing (1988) 85 kappaletta
Going Crazy in Public (1996) 81 kappaletta
Morons and Madmen (1993) 80 kappaletta
Cape Disappointment (2009) 77 kappaletta
Help Wanted: Orphans Preferred (1990) 72 kappaletta
Primal Threat (2008) 65 kappaletta
Firetrap (1793) 59 kappaletta
Two Miles of Darkness (2015) 3 kappaletta
Jackson Street (2017) 3 kappaletta
Monica's Sister (2013) 2 kappaletta

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This one was a real page-turner. Looking forward to reading more Earl Emerson.
 
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therestlessmouse | Jul 18, 2022 |
Earl Emerson is a fire fighter right here in Seattle and he's a marvelous man but I've just never been interested in his books. But, Anne Petersen, my friend in Denmark sent me e-mail saying 'Earl's new book is called Catfish Cafe. Didn't we eat there when I visited??' Well, she is right. The Catfish Cafe of the book is really the Catfish Corner, one of my favorite places for dinner. So I really liked the book. The characters - Thomas Black, private investigator and his friend and former police partner, Luther, transverse the streets within 3 miles of where I'm typing this all throughout the book. It really made the book fun for me.… (lisätietoja)
 
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susandennis | Jun 5, 2020 |
set in Seattle, child molester kills boss, wife blamed.
 
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ritaer | Apr 8, 2020 |
Full of action that keeps you reading. Mac Fontana is good at investigating but he works outside orders--how else to uncover corruption? He's still trying to deal with his past history of using violence justified by moral righteousness. Set outside of Seattle, WA in a small town probably swallowed up by suburbs by now. Seems to heal mighty fast from injuries incurred in the line of duty. Enough women willing to use intimacy to get their way and with more psychological hangups.
Lots of fire department lingo shows the author's done his share of work as a fire fighter.… (lisätietoja)
 
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