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The Sweet Redemption: An Inspector Korg Mystery
Inspector Korg, a week from being forced into retirement, is charged to investigate the disappearance of a rock star manager. With young partner Jeremy Sager, they bore into the shadow side of show business, where the trail leads to rock star Jesse James Johnson and his entourage, big money, greed, passion, sex and multiple murders.
374 pages, Paperback
First published December 15, 2012
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About the author
Tom Stienstra
97 books20 followersTom Stienstra is America’s most traveled and best-known outdoorsman, and now has broke new ground with his new crime novel set around the music industry, "The Sweet Redemption, An Inspector Korg Mystery."
Music . . . Money . . . Murder . . . Before writing this book, Tom met with homicide inspectors, rock stars and other specialists that helped bring the story to life, so you get the real insider's view of these worlds.
Tom is best known as the outdoors writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, and in 2008, won first place for best outdoors column in America. He is America’s first Back Country Sportsman of the Year, and the only two-time National Outdoor Writer of the year.
His books have sold more than 1 million copies. His television show on CBS/CW won first place as America’s best outdoor recreation show, and his radio show won first place in 2010 for best environmental feature show in America. As a photographer, he won first place in America in 2011 for best outdoors feature image.
Tom has hiked 25,000 miles, caught world-record fish, led dozens of expeditions and taken part in all phases of the outdoor experience. He was the fourth living member inducted into the California Outdoors Hall of Fame.
Tom can be reached at TomStienstra.com, where signed copies of first edition print run of The Sweet Redemption are available, and all of his books, and at tstienstra@sfchronicle.com. He posts a daily Twitter feed at @StienstraTom
Music . . . Money . . . Murder . . . Before writing this book, Tom met with homicide inspectors, rock stars and other specialists that helped bring the story to life, so you get the real insider's view of these worlds.
Tom is best known as the outdoors writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, and in 2008, won first place for best outdoors column in America. He is America’s first Back Country Sportsman of the Year, and the only two-time National Outdoor Writer of the year.
His books have sold more than 1 million copies. His television show on CBS/CW won first place as America’s best outdoor recreation show, and his radio show won first place in 2010 for best environmental feature show in America. As a photographer, he won first place in America in 2011 for best outdoors feature image.
Tom has hiked 25,000 miles, caught world-record fish, led dozens of expeditions and taken part in all phases of the outdoor experience. He was the fourth living member inducted into the California Outdoors Hall of Fame.
Tom can be reached at TomStienstra.com, where signed copies of first edition print run of The Sweet Redemption are available, and all of his books, and at tstienstra@sfchronicle.com. He posts a daily Twitter feed at @StienstraTom
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December 18, 2012
“Sweet Redemption” is probably the best mystery I’ve read in a while. Author Thomas F. Stienstra’s Inspector Korg is the quintessential idea for a seasoned detective: quiet, introspective, clever, rule bending and very likeable. Not a gumshoe by any means, Korg is an everyday guy, doing what he’s good at - and what he loves.
One week from retirement, Korg is contemplating his career, when he’s offered an intriguing assignment. “This could be one of those real easy ones, where the guy shows up this afternoon. Or maybe complicated, the kind you like, one that would give you a chance to go out on top,” his old friend Joe Roper tells him when he calls to offer him a hot case.
Deviled by the addition of a fresh young inspector, Sager, and a frustrated by the prickly, demanding, politically oriented DA, Roberta Pritchett, Korg takes on a murder with no body, a myriad of suspects, and plunges into the world of rock ‘n’ roll for one last hot case before he’s “gone fishin’.”
“Sweet Redemption” is fast-paced, good narrative, with a solid, non-transparent plot that keeps the pages turning. Stienstra has a very good grasp on the music business and how it works, and all of the characters in this story are believable. Long enough to be satisfyingly complete, and short enough for a good weekend read, “Sweet Redemption” is an all around winner.
One week from retirement, Korg is contemplating his career, when he’s offered an intriguing assignment. “This could be one of those real easy ones, where the guy shows up this afternoon. Or maybe complicated, the kind you like, one that would give you a chance to go out on top,” his old friend Joe Roper tells him when he calls to offer him a hot case.
Deviled by the addition of a fresh young inspector, Sager, and a frustrated by the prickly, demanding, politically oriented DA, Roberta Pritchett, Korg takes on a murder with no body, a myriad of suspects, and plunges into the world of rock ‘n’ roll for one last hot case before he’s “gone fishin’.”
“Sweet Redemption” is fast-paced, good narrative, with a solid, non-transparent plot that keeps the pages turning. Stienstra has a very good grasp on the music business and how it works, and all of the characters in this story are believable. Long enough to be satisfyingly complete, and short enough for a good weekend read, “Sweet Redemption” is an all around winner.
March 11, 2013
Really fun book. Stienstra seems to have a firm grasp of how the music business works, and how detectives work. I loved the ending. I don't usually read mystery novels, but love Stienstra's outdoors writing, so gave it a try. Worthwhile. Looks like I have a new genre to explore.
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