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The Last Nightingale: A Novel of Suspense (Mortalis.)

4 reviews
Anthony Flacco

Ballantine Books, 2007

Crisis forces new relationships
Flacco takes a fresh approach to a crisis situation such as the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. How many of us have found ourselves suddenly bonded and dependent on people we otherwise may never have known or been close to? The backdrop and story of the earthquake are known, but the finely honed look underneath the rubble is what makes this book so compelling. Flacco does a great 360 on ...

The Hidden Man: A Novel of Suspense

2 reviews

Ballantine Books, 2008

Less than thrilling
Randall Blackburn, an outstanding San Francisco homicide detective, is unexpectedly assigned to guard a famous (and strangely fearful) mesmerist during his appearances at the Pan-Pacific International Exposition of 1915. Complications follow which bring Blackburn's adopted son Shane, adopted daughter Vignette, and his fiancée, the mystery author, Miss Freshel, into their wake. This is not a ...

Tiny Dancer: The Incredible True Story of a Young Burn Victim's Journey from Afghanistan

20 reviews
Anthony Flacco

Thomas Dunne Books, 2005

The Other Incredible Story
When I started to read TINY DANCER, I was expecting to read about the miraculous transformation of a horribly scarred burn victim to healthy girl. That story is told, of course, but it serves as a backdrop for the real story. The true miracle is the network of the American military, U.S. State Department, Non-Government Organizations and stateside citizens who all do what they can to help a ...

A Checklist for Murder

15 reviews
Anthony Flacco

Dell, 1995

The Best Laid Plans...
It isn't often that an author can get so completly into the mind of the person he's writing about. But in this case Flacco did just that. The reader gets to know Peernock over time and it isn't long before he begins to ask how can one man be so callous, so uncaring? Flacco does an excellent job in answering those questions even though there really isn't any good answer. To probe the mind ...