Slow Kill.SLOW KILL. Michael McGarrity. 2004/2005. Read by George Guidall. 7 tapes. 9.5 hrs. Recorded Books. 1-4193-6362-2. $69.75. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. SA Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. Chief of Police Kevin Kerney has traveled to Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. to buy quarter horses for his ranch. When another guest at the ranch is found poisoned in the room next to his, Kerney becomes the prime suspect. To clear his name, Kerney begins his own investigation. When he learns about an unconventional relationship between the victim and his trophy wife, who spends considerable time with another man in Santa Fe, Kerney uses the resources available to his department in Santa Fe to learn all he can about the possible suspects. McGarrity knows police investigative procedures thoroughly, having served as a deputy sheriff himself and as a therapist for abuse victims in the Southwest. He has a gift for describing various areas in New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). . This is his ninth Kerney crime novel. Guidall captures well the action of the story. He fully voices the numerous characters, clearly expressing the personality of each. His capable reading adds to the tension and suspense SUSPENSE. When a rent, profit a prendre, and the like, are, in consequence of the unity of possession of the rent, &c., of the land out of which they issue, not in esse for a time, they are said to be in suspense, tunc dormiunt, but they may be revived or awakened. Co, Litt. 313 a. of the plot; the occasional mispronunciation mis·pro·nounce v. mis·pro·nounced, mis·pro·nounc·ing, mis·pro·nounc·es v.tr. To pronounce badly or incorrectly. v.intr. To make a poor pronunciation. of street names in Spanish is only a brief distraction Distraction Divination (See OMEN.) Porlock a “person from Porlock” interrupted Coleridge while he was recollecting the dream on which he based “Kubla Khan”. [Br. Lit.: Poems of Coleridge in Magill IV, 756] . Carol Kellerman, retired Lib/Media Spec., Santa Fe, NM S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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