The Master Executioner

Forsideomslag
Macmillan, 16. sep. 2002 - 272 sider
Ordinary people do not understand Oscar Stone. Everything he does, he does impeccably. He is a profound student of his art, completely versed in its traditions over the centuries. He is a student of ropes and their properties, a master of the latest scientific knowledge about the human neck, a careful calculator of weights and drops, and an exacting observer of results.

For more than a quarter of a century he has worked to create a reputation as a man peerless in his craft: the master executioner.

Yet he is utterly alone: His devotion to his work costs him his marriage. Suddenly, one day, a piece of his past catches him unawares, and Oscar comes to a moment of devastating truth and for the first time knows himself.
 

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Indhold

GALLOWS BIRD
1
THE HANGMANS CHOICE
19
ONE
21
TWO
29
THREE
38
FOUR
45
FIVE
54
SIX
64
FOURTEEN
134
FIFTEEN
140
SIXTEEN
149
SEVENTEEN
156
EIGHTEEN
164
MRS KETCH
175
NINETEEN
177
TWENTY
184

LEARNING THE ROPES
77
SEVEN
79
EIGHT
86
NINE
93
TEN
101
ELEVEN
108
LOOSE KNOT
117
TWELVE
119
THIRTEEN
127
TWENTYONE
193
TWENTYTWO
202
TWENTYTHREE
211
TWENTYFOUR
218
TWENTYFIVE
227
THE MASTER EXECUTIONER
231
ONE
251
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Om forfatteren (2002)

Loren D. Estleman was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 15, 1952. He received a B.A. in English literature and journalism from Eastern Michigan University in 1974. He spent several years as a reporter on the police beat before leaving to write full time in 1980. He wrote book reviews for such newspapers as The New York Times and The Washington Post and contributed articles to such periodicals as TV Guide. He is a writer of mysteries and westerns. His first novel was published in 1976 and since then he has published more than 70 books including the Amos Walker series, Writing the Popular Novel, Roy and Lillie: A Love Story, The Confessions of Al Capone, and a The Branch and the Scaffold. He received four Shamus Awards from the Private Eye Writers of America, five Golden Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America, the Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement from Western Writers of America, and the Michigan Author's Award in 1997.

Bibliografiske oplysninger

TitelThe Master Executioner
ForfatterLoren D. Estleman
Udgaverevideret
UdgiverMacmillan, 2002
ISBN0812584376, 9780812584370
Længde272 sider
  
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