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Kiernan O'Shaughnessy #3
High Fall
When a young stunt artist plunges to her death during a film shooting, private investigator Kiernan O'Shaughnessy becomes suspicious and sets out to uncover the darker side of the movie business and its professionals. 15,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo. Tour.
- GenresMystery
264 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
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Susan Dunlap
98 books46 followersSusan Dunlap is best known for her Jill Smith detective series, but she is a prolific and much loved writer of crime and mystery fiction, including award-winning short stories.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
February 1, 2021
Way too much fluff and repeats, not much of a story but it did get interesting at the end - but not enough to give it more than one star. It's about a stunt man in the movies and how Kiernan was obsessed with him as she had met him twice and really couldn't get over his death. Turned out to be a mystery.
March 19, 2015
I quite liked Kiernan but the story didn't grab me because it seemed a bit silly. I couldn't help wondering what Tchermak would think of her just taking of with old Luke Correra.
blurb:
Kiernan O'Shaugnessy, the doughty, acid-tongued 40-ish PI and former forensic pathologist introduced in A Pious Deception, moves inside the Hollywood stunt world to probe two murders spaced 10 years apart. The stunt lore and forensics in the latest Kiernan adventure nearly compensate for its implausible, contrived plot.
Stuntwoman Lark Sodervoil, 19, aims at becoming the first person to replicate the spectacular multi-flip known as the Gaige Move but dies in the attempt, plunging over a 500-foot bluff. The gag, or event, is directed by Cary Bleeker, who's been dogged by bad luck ever since the fiery death a decade before of Greg Gaige, who wasn't adequately protected in a fiery stunt. Lark's plunge was witnessed by five people who had also seen Gaige go up in flames. But perception is not reality.
Suspecting foul play in Lark's death and out of respect for Gaige, whom she had slightly known and greatly admired, Kiernan investigates and finds that the recent death leads directly to the earlier one. Readers hoping that Kiernan will finally fall for Brad Tchernak, her level-headed dog-sitter, houseman and gourmet chef, will be put on hold again, as the tiny PI finds another object for her affections.
blurb:
Kiernan O'Shaugnessy, the doughty, acid-tongued 40-ish PI and former forensic pathologist introduced in A Pious Deception, moves inside the Hollywood stunt world to probe two murders spaced 10 years apart. The stunt lore and forensics in the latest Kiernan adventure nearly compensate for its implausible, contrived plot.
Stuntwoman Lark Sodervoil, 19, aims at becoming the first person to replicate the spectacular multi-flip known as the Gaige Move but dies in the attempt, plunging over a 500-foot bluff. The gag, or event, is directed by Cary Bleeker, who's been dogged by bad luck ever since the fiery death a decade before of Greg Gaige, who wasn't adequately protected in a fiery stunt. Lark's plunge was witnessed by five people who had also seen Gaige go up in flames. But perception is not reality.
Suspecting foul play in Lark's death and out of respect for Gaige, whom she had slightly known and greatly admired, Kiernan investigates and finds that the recent death leads directly to the earlier one. Readers hoping that Kiernan will finally fall for Brad Tchernak, her level-headed dog-sitter, houseman and gourmet chef, will be put on hold again, as the tiny PI finds another object for her affections.
February 9, 2017
I never did figure out who killed Lark. I might have missed something. Excellent writing.
August 3, 2009
Kiernan #3
November 20, 2012
It was okay, nothing more.
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