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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
Finished "The Taken" - Inger Ash Wolfe - the second in this Canadian-based series (after "The Calling") - the style reminds me of a Canadian version of Val McDermid - very strange serial killers. The protagonist (Hazel Micallef) is a flawed but enjoyable quirky detective. Inger Ash Wolfe is a pseudonym for "a well-known and well-regarded North American literary novelist" - anyone know who she/he really is?
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Originally Posted by bjones6416
I know I know! waves hand
Russell Smith.
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
Really? Why the secrecy?
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Originally Posted by bjones6416
I don't know. If you google it, it seems to be a not very well kept secret, but apparently he still says it's not him. Most reviewers seem to think it is, though. Who knows?
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Maybe because the books are terrible? I just read the first in the series,
The Calling, and it was more implausible than little green men. The characters weren't believable at all. Police officers ignoring regulations to get the job done is standard mystery fare, but in this one every single officer crossed every line imaginable: removing evidence from crime scenes, illegal searches, not reporting a body, using a child as bait, acting outside their jurisdiction, working while suspended, missing a court date, leaking to the press, etc. Two of them had been with the department a whole day when they did these things, so there was no reason for them to behave that way.