About the Author:
David A. Turrill was born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan, where he lived for 45 years until he moved to western side of the state. He was an author, teacher, and theatre director until his retirement in 2007. Although he traveled extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia, he preferred to spend his time reading and writing at his farmhouse in Rockford, Michigan, taking annual vacations with his family to the Mackinac Straits area. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from Saginaw Valley State University and had completed all but the dissertation for his doctoral work in English at Michigan State University. David Turrill was the author of four novels: Michilimackinac: A Tale of the Straits, A Bridge to Eden, An Apology for Autumn, and Long in the Tooth. He received starred reviews from both Booklist and Kirkus Review for writing books of “remarkable merit”.
From Publishers Weekly:
In Turrill's uneven fourth novel, Tinker "Tin" Balune is haunted by the ghosts of his murdered wife, Wendy, and his father, who committed suicide. Tin also mourns the disappearance of his fugitive older brother, Satchel, who remains the primary suspect in Wendy's death by bludgeoning. Tin, 30, retreats to his family's abandoned cabin in northern Michigan, where, filled with despair and Jim Beam, he resolves to drown himself in the lake. Moira, the teenage daughter of his neighbor Sweeney (though she's eternally unclear about her paternal lineage), thwarts his plan and becomes Tin's sustaining force and sex kitten, though her status as savior to such a despondent man is a tough sell for the reader. After a plodding introduction, the unlikely couple discovers a cryptic note from Satchel claiming he kidnapped Sweeney and will kill him if Tin doesn't save him within 24 hours. Tin and Moira race to Chicago to uncover the truth (did Satchel really kill Wendy and kidnap Sweeney? If not, who did?), no easy proposition given the gauntlet of shady characters the duo encounter along the way. The pace picks up once the setting moves to the city, but the tension remains too slack throughout. (Sept.)
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