Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery (A Dan Sharp Mystery, 1) - Tapa blanda

Sharp and his teenaged son, Kedrick, are characters whose company readers will enjoy despite the darkness that infuses the novel. * Quill and Quire * Canadian writer Round packs plenty of plot into this new mystery series * Richard Labonte * Such devotion to his work makes Rounds writing absorbing for readers. You sympathize with Sharp, even as he falls into a whiskey-drenched hell, and you wait for him to rise again. * Xtra! * Round draws readers deep into Dan's physical and psychological worlds, balancing his protagonist's faults with his gifts as an investigator and father. * Publishers Weekly * A psychological treat. * Reviews by Amos Lassen * The writing is raw, the emotions are taut and author Jeffrey Round brings it together in a breathtaking conclusion. * Hamilton Spectator * Round has an extraordinary sense of place, ear for dialogue, rapid pacing, and a skillful way of layering his plots. * Stage and Page (online) * ... [a] strong and interesting character. * The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix *

2013 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery - Winner When missing persons investigator Dan Sharp attends a wedding, he finds himself investigating more than one murder. Dan Sharp, a gay father and missing persons investigator, accepts an invitation to a wedding on a yacht in Ontario's Prince Edward County. It seems just the thing to bring Dan closer to his noncommittal partner, Bill, a respected medical professional with a penchant for sleazy after-hours clubs, cheap drugs, and rough sex. But the event doesn't go exactly as planned. When a member of the wedding party is swept overboard, a case of mistaken identity leads to confusion as the wrong person is reported missing. The hunt for a possible killer leads Dan deeper into the troubled waters and private lives of a family of rich WASPs and their secret world of privilege. No sooner is that case resolved when a second one ends up on Dan's desk. Dan is hired by an anonymous source to investigate the disappearance, twenty years earlier, of the groom's father. The only clues are a missing bicycle and six horses mysteriously poisoned.