Kate’s 2¢: “Victim 2117 a Department Q novel” by Adler-Olsen and Frost

“Victim 2117 a Department Q novel” by Adler-Olsen and Frost

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

It is the apparently disparate beginnings of a story that intrigue me. Well, I guess that is what it is supposed to do…hook the reader.

What I like is to figure out how and when the three threads are, eventually,  woven into one.

While there are several gruesome descriptions of man’s inhumanity to man, it is a gripping story.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Victim 2117: a Department Q novel DB98723

Adler-Olsen, Jussi; Frost, William.   Reading time: 14 hours, 17 minutes.

Read by Graeme Malcolm.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

The newspaper refers to the body only as Victim 2117–the two-thousand-one-hundred-and-seventeenth refugee to die in the Mediterranean Sea. But the death sets off a chain of events that throws Department Q, Copenhagen’s cold cases division led by Detective Carl Mørck, into a deeply dangerous–and deeply personal–case. Translated from Danish. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Chances Are…” by Richard Russo

“Chances Are…” by Richard Russo

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

I like the way Russo presented the  biographies of the three boys, now  66, each in their own tern. Of course, the narrative arc begs to lead us to wonder what the heck happened to Jacy  44 years ago. Eventually, the conclusion is revealed  during this reunion of three of the  four Musketeers.

From Wikipedia:

Russo was born in Johnstown, New York, and raised in nearby Gloversville. He earned a bachelor’s degree, a Master of Fine Arts degree, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Arizona, which he attended from 1967 through 1979.[1] The subject of his doctoral dissertation was the works of the early American writer, historian and editor Charles Brockden Brown[2]

Russo was teaching in the English department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale when his first novel, Mohawk, was published, in 1986. Much of his work is semi-autobiographical, drawing on his life from his upbringing in upstate New York to his time teaching literature at Colby College (subsequently retired).[3]

His 2001 novel Empire Falls received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He has written seven other novels, a collection of short stories, and a memoir (Elsewhere). His short story “Horseman” was published in The Best American Short Stories 2007 edited by Stephen King and Heidi Pitlor.

Russo co-wrote the 1998 film Twilight with the director Robert Benton. Benton adapted Russo’s Nobody’s Fool as a 1994 film of the same title, starring Paul Newman, which he also directed. Russo wrote the teleplay for the HBO adaptation of Empire Falls, the screenplay for the 2005 film Ice Harvest, and the screenplay for the 2005 Niall Johnson film Keeping Mum, which starred Rowan Atkinson.

Russo and his wife, Barbara, live in Portland, Maine,[4][5]and spend winters in Boston.[6] They have two daughters, Kate and Emily.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:Chances are… DB95855

Russo, Richard. Reading time: 11 hours, 19 minutes.

Read by Fred Sanders. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Suspense Fiction

General

Real estate broker Lincoln, tiny-press publisher Teddy, and musician Mickey gather on Martha’s Vineyard for Memorial Day weekend–as they have since 1971, when the woman they all loved, Jacy, disappeared. But this weekend reveals the secrets each man has kept. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

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