- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Five Star (ME) (March 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1594143684
- ISBN-13: 978-1594143687
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.5 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 544 g
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Chicago writer Emerson Ward is accused of seducing the teenage daughter of a neighbor. Then the girl's dad tries to kill him. The situation takes an even odder twist when the girl's mother asks Ward to find her now-missing daughter. In a parallel plotline, Ward learns his girlfriend is pregnant, prompting him to ponder the implications of becoming a father in middle age. The fifth Emerson Ward caper is an unusual mix of straight-ahead and thoughtful discourse on hot-button social issues. The characters are as complex as the issues with which they wrestle, and the mystery is cleverly presented and resolved. Wes Lukowsky
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Mystery with Substance, Feb 2 2007
By Eleni V. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death Is No Bargain (Hardcover)
I'm not usually an mystery reader, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Not only was the story line compelling, but the subtext of the abortion debate was well-thought out and believable. Being a Chicagoan, I especially enjoyed the references to the city (very accurate, I might add). The language was descriptive without being overblown. It was definitely a book I wanted to stay up all night reading until I was finished. And I can't wait now for the next installment.
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A higher level of intellectual stimulation, Nov 7 2006
By Reader Views "Reviews, by readers, for readers" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death Is No Bargain (Hardcover)
Reviewed by Regan Windsor for Reader Views (10/06)
A sign of a good mystery novel is one that keeps the reader guessing until the end. A brilliant author is able to successfully "go where no (wo)man dare go." Michael W. Sherer has managed to accomplish both in his novel "Death is No Bargain."
Emerson Ward, former stock broker, spends his days as a freelancer. For the most part he picks up freelance writing at a tolerable pace and spends the rest of his days in a relaxed and laid back pace having made enough as a stock broker to keep him comfortable between jobs. It's his other freelance work, however, that seems to keep him living close to the edge. By doing more favors for friends than actual jobs, Emerson has a knack for attracting himself to danger.
A year before Emerson had run into a disoriented young girl and brought her back to recoup and recover at his place before convincing her to find her way back home. Now her father has showed up on his doorstep ready to kill him for seducing and harboring his daughter who has once again run away. After escaping the near-death experience he finds himself unable to deny his help to the saner ex-wife. In the twists and turns of the ensuing events, Emerson soon finds himself dedicated to solving the mystery of her disappearance.
Michael W. Sherer tackles the complexities of pregnancy, abortions, adoptions, and shady connections to a Catholic convent. Although these events are at the forefront of the novel they are presented in a brilliantly uncontroversial way - simply as details for the reader to ponder and digest while diligently trying to determine "whodunit."
"Death is No Bargain" brings more to the reader than the thrill of a good mystery. It is brimming with controversial subject matter successful in transporting the reader to a higher level of intellectual stimulation. As the battles in Emerson's world ensue - so too do the battles within the reader.
Received book free of charge.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bargain Entertainment, Mar 26 2006
By Emily Dickinson "Emmy" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death Is No Bargain (Hardcover)
Chicago freelance writer Emerson Ward is an engaging sleuth of the new order, an amateur sensitive enough to care about what happens to victims and tough enough to chase down bad guys. When a teenage girl goes missing and her father accuses Emerson at gunpoint of being involved, Emerson takes matters into his own hands. Despite his best efforts to find her, though, she turns up dead, the vistim of a hit-and-run. Determined to find some small measure of justice and suspecting the worst, this Quixotic hero gives up everything, adopts an alternate identity and follows a twisted and deadly trail from a violent anti-abortion protest to a convent full of secrets. Author Michael W. Sherer's series has been likened to John D. McDonald's "Travis McGee" books. Here his nicely attuned balance of action, both physical and cerebral, has never been better.
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