The fugitive king : a Professor Simon Shaw mystery / Sarah R. Shaber.
History professor Simon Shaw is held at gunpoint by escaped convict Roy Freedman. Freedman wants Simon, who has received notoriety as a "forensic historian," to investigate the death of his girlfriend, whom he confessed to killing in 1958. Simon convinces Freedman to turn himself in, fully intending to ignore his appeal, but problems with his ex-wife and current girlfriend leave him needing something to occupy his mind now that the summer semester is over. Simon heads to his Appalachian boyhood home to visit his aunt and cousins and, tangentially, to look into Freedman's claim of innocence. Details of college life and small-town Appalachia, historical research, and humor are nicely interwoven into the story. Simon is a sympathetic, well-developed character who is dealing with depression, his parents' deaths, and the return to his boyhood haunts.
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- ISBN: 0312290462
- ISBN: 9781933523217
- ISBN: 1933523212
- Physical Description: 230 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2002.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Gunn Memorial Public Library | F SHA (Text) | 34621200075581 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
