Speak For The Dead

Gabe Wager #3

by Rex Burns

This rare book is the first "Gabe Wager" homicide case. The Denver detective is confronted with a severed head carefully placed in the city's Botanic Gardens, and not much else by way of clues.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Rex Burns (b. 1935) is the author of numerous thrillers set in and around Denver, Colorado. Born in California, he served in the Marine Corps and attended Stanford University and the University of Minnesota before becoming a writer. His Edgar Award–winning first novel, The Alvarez Journal (1975), introduced Gabe Wager, a Denver police detective first working in an organized crime unit, then in homicide. Burns continued this hardboiled series through ten more novels, concluding it with 1997’s The Leaning Land. His second series (3 volumes) features Devlin Kirk and "Bunch" Bunchcroft, a private investigator series set in Colorado. The third series, beginning in 2013, follows the adventures of a father/daughter private detective team. The first, "Body Slam," focuses on the world of professional wrestling. The second, set in England and the Middle East, deals with theft from an oil tanker. His short story series, appearing in "Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine," features Aboriginal Constable Leonard Smith of the Western Australia Police.

Reviews

[Luca Gonella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Giallo particolarmente originale, con una trama e un mistero decisamente caratteristici.

[Cristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Non eccezionale ma nemmeno uno spreco di tempo.

Interessante il progredire dell'indagine, che viene abbastanza dettagliato, e il protagonista che è di origini messicane (non è proprio comunissimo come aspetto).

Il colpevole è un poco telefonato (e non mi puoi far avere a un solo sospetto la crisi di panico quando lo chiami e poi sperare che non capisca subito che è lui il tuo colpevole, cavolo!) ma la lettura è piacevole lo stesso.

[David]

A murder mystery set at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Not fantastic, but not a total west of time.

[Ribs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy read. Enjoyed a new author for me and will try some more of his if I can find some.