Under cover of daylight
Hall's haunting debut novel first introduced the rugged character Thorn and the breathtaking South Florida landscape where he lives. Thorn's past includes a savage act of revenge on the drunken hit-and-run killer of his parents, and suddenly the nightmare begins again as his foster mother...
| Main Author: | Hall, James W. 1947- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
W. W. Norton & Company,
2001.
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| Series: |
Thorn mystery ;
1. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Hall's haunting debut novel first introduced the rugged character Thorn and the breathtaking South Florida landscape where he lives. Thorn's past includes a savage act of revenge on the drunken hit-and-run killer of his parents, and suddenly the nightmare begins again as his foster mother is found slaughtered. Thorn can almost taste the rage as he stalks her killer and waits. |
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| Physical Description: |
288 pages |
| ISBN: |
9780393321258 0393321258 |
| Author Notes: |
Following his successful 20-year career as a poet, he decided it was time to switch gears and try his hand at writing fictional crime novels. He published his first novel, Under Cover of Daylight, in 1987. Since then he has written over 15 novels including the Thorn Mysteries series, Bones of Coral, Hard Aground, Rough Draft, and Forests of the Night. Several of his novels have been optioned for film and he has written screenplays for two of those projects. He is a professor of literature and writing at Florida International University. (Bowker Author Biography) |