false <![CDATA[The Blackbird Papers: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175197337m/491788.jpg 491788 6 <p>A rainy night . . . A stranded motorist . . . A Good Samaritan passerby &#8230; a Nobel Prize&#8211;winning professor . . . The setup for a shocking murder designed to cover up an even more sinister crime . . . <br><br><i>The Blackbird Papers</i> marks the debut of Ian Smith, a major new talent in crime fiction, and of Sterling Bledsoe, his smart and occasionally combative sleuth. <br><br>World-renowned Dartmouth professor Wilson Bledsoe is returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he encounters a broken-down pickup on the secluded country road to his home. The next day, the discovery of his body with a vicious racist epithet carved into his chest leads to the quick arrest of two loathsome white supremacists. The local authorities seem ready to accept the case at face value as a racial hate crime. But the murdered professor&#8217;s brother, FBI agent Sterling Bledsoe, has inserted himself into the investigation and isn&#8217;t ready to buy into this pat solution. A look around his brother&#8217;s lab and brief interviews with his students and colleagues pique Sterling&#8217;s curiosity about Wilson&#8217;s pet project: a nearly completed paper on the mysterious deaths of hundreds of local blackbirds. <br><br>Fast-paced and cleverly constructed, <i>The Blackbird Papers</i> introduces a major new talent in mystery and crime fiction.</p> 479990 2004 The Blackbird Papers: A Novel total:73|5:1|4:1|3:0|2:0|1:0| 73 272 117 14 4 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Oct 14 07:36:59 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 07:38:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 24 04:00:43 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 04:01:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 09:50:42 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 15:19:48 -0700 2009 4 0 true false Mon Mar 16 18:50:18 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 07:46:22 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 05:35:09 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 06:36:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 08 05:36:53 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 05:37:39 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 12:46:10 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 12:49:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 11 10:10:37 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 17:21:57 -0700 2007 4 0 true false Sun Oct 07 09:04:02 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 09:06:03 -0700 2007 I read this book in two days.
This books is full of suspense, detailed plots, and very intense.
Easy to read!
A well writing book.....]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Jun 08 16:16:07 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 08 16:16:37 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 09:08:15 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 18:24:01 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Mar 09 16:46:18 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 16:47:04 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 28 19:45:53 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 19:46:34 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jun 20 08:49:27 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 08:50:17 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 08:21:51 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 08:21:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 23:55:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 23:55:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 03:27:02 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 03:27:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 07:34:14 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 07:34:14 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 12:24:24 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 01:03:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 20 21:03:54 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 21:03:54 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=491788