An Unfortunate Prairie Occurrence (Jules Clement Mysteries) - Softcover

Harrison, Jamie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312968299 ISBN 13: 9780312968298

Publisher: St. Martin's Dead Letter, 1999

Synopsis

Big Sky, Old Bones, and Murderous Obsession. Blue Deer, Montana Has it All...

A Cleveland hunter has just shot off his best friend's hand and the first blizzard fo the season was blowing into Blue Deer, Montana, when a camper found an old skeleton on Magpie Island. Sheriff Jules Clement, one-time archeologist, now his hometown's cop, relishes the chance to identify the remains. In a small-town job riddled with gas station robberies and domestic abuse, the bones offer a chance to use his skills..a diversion from a dying love affair..and a break from hunting a rapist who continues to strike. But old bones bring new troubles--the kind that have Jules questioning his own friends and family, stripping away his last illusions about justice...and the kind that can get a lawman killed in a Montana minute.

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Review:

It's not easy being the sheriff in a town like Blue Deer, Montana, especially if you were born and raised there. With a population of only 5,000 souls, there aren't a whole lot of suspects to go around when a crime wave hits town. This is the problem facing Jules Clement, the hero of Jamie Harrison's novel An Unfortunate Prairie Occurrence. A murder, a series of rapes, and the discovery of an old skeleton down by the river put Clement in the peculiar position of having to investigate friends, family, and neighbors in order to solve the crimes. Along with the mystery, Harrison delivers a charming, quirky universe populated by memorable characters and presided over by a sheriff with a heart as big as Montana.

From the Publisher:

"Jamie Harrison is a wonderfully accomplished writer...Blue Deer remains a place where all good readers can go to grin." --Philadelphia Inquirer

"Harrison takes her time resolving these criminal matters, allowing us to linger in Blue Deer long enough to learn its history, drink in the scenery and laugh at the kinks and quirks of its idiosyncratic residents. No wonder the world-weary Jules came running back home the first chance he got--the place is heaven." --The New York Times Book Review

"The third and best of Jamie Harrison's laconic Montana mystery novels." --Time magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Dead Letter
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312968299
• ISBN 13: 9780312968298
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400