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A Memory of Grief (The Zack Taylor Mystery #1)
by
Dale T. Phillips (Goodreads Author)
Troubled ex-con Zack Taylor is haunted by the accidental death of his brother years before. Zack's guilt and anger have pushed him into a shadowy, wandering life, with little purpose and few attachments. When he hears of the death of his close friend Ben Sterling, a supposed gunshot suicide, Zack finds he now has a purpose-- to find out what happened. Then his purpose beco...more
ebook, 239 pages
Published
May 13th 2011
by Briona Glen Publishing
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Zachary Taylor (yes, just like the president) is an ex-con living in Miami. The novel A MEMORY OF GRIEF opens with Zack sitting in a bar after a fight, not feeling so hot, even though he won. Zack has demons. He's an angry man. He's haunted by his brother's death, which he feels is his fault. He's spent his life drifting aimlessly. Now he's sitting in a bar, feeling like sh*t. Then something happens. Something has to happen, right? :) A kid gives him a letter from his best friend Ben's ex-wife,...more
A Memory of Grief features Zack Taylor, a man who has drifted through life in a haze of self recrimination and grief until his best friend, Ben, dies and Zack refuses to accept it was a suicide. Determined to find the truth, Zack travels to Maine and begins his own investigation into the circumstances of Ben's death stepping clumsily on the toes of the local police force, a martial arts expert, a gang of bikies and a drug dealing operation.
A hardboiled mystery with a noir-ish edge, there is plen...more
A hardboiled mystery with a noir-ish edge, there is plen...more
This is an interesting story about a man willing to put his life on the line to clear his best friend's name. The beginning of the book takes a while to get into, but once a couple of leads fall into Zack's lap then the story starts to pick up. By the end of the book I was much more invested in Zack's storyline than I thought I would be. If you are looking for an interesting take on a revenge story, and want to support a local author, I recommend this book :)
More in-depth review to come but my first impressions: A little slow at the beginning with a bit of awkwardly expository dialogue, but picked up by page 50 and rolled forward nicely from there. Very solid debut novel. Gritty and down to earth. Looking forward to reading more.
Meh. Serendipity should not drive a mystery.
Aug 16, 2012
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My first two Zack Taylor mystery novels, “A Memory of Grief” and "A Fall From Grace" are now out, with the third, "A Shadow on the Wall," due out in the Spring of 2013.
I've published over 25 short stories, story collections, poetry, and a non-fiction career book, "How to Improve Your Interviewing Skills."
I've appeared on stage, television, and in an independent feature film, Throg. I competed on...more
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I've published over 25 short stories, story collections, poetry, and a non-fiction career book, "How to Improve Your Interviewing Skills."
I've appeared on stage, television, and in an independent feature film, Throg. I competed on...more
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