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Heat from Another Sun (Hardcover)

by David L. Lindsey (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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When No Price Is Too High, Pleasure Knows No Limit....

For homicide detective Stuart Haydon, murder is just the beginning. His investigation into the brutal slaying of a cameraman in a Houston ad agency's darkroom sets him on the trail of a most bizarre and twisted series of crimes...the kind that only money can buy.

"Brutally straightforward...this book is filled with violence, but it's all very well done."

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At the heat of the case sits a man of enormous wealth. power, and resources -- a brilliant, perverse, and reclusive magnate who dreams of the ultimate evil...and whose financial resources can make his dreams a reality. But to what depths do his obsessions reach...and to what lengths is he willing to go to satisfy them? --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Investigating the brutal slaying of a cameraman in Houston, homicide detective Stuart Haydon finds a perverse villain of enormous wealth, power, and resources who is willing to go to any length to satisfy his obsessions. Reprint. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Heat From Another Sun, Great Work As Usual, Mar 3 2001
By Ronald L. Scott (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heat from Another Sun (Mass Market Paperback)
As one who has read everything David Lindsey has published, I eagerly await each new addition to his list. Although he has several stand-alone books, this novel is one of his Stuart Haydon series. It exhibits Lindsey's great ability as a writer to capture the look, feel, smell and tone of a city or location, something that was taught to us in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Unfortunately many writers skim over these details and fail to use them to there full potential for setting a mood, characterizing a location and the people in that setting, making a story come alive with vivid scenes and textures. Why a wealthy man whould continue to be a police detective may not be apparent in this one book, but has been explored and slowly revealed in several of Lindsey's other books. Read them all. You won't be disappointed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Tropical Heat Wave, Feb 5 2001
By sweetmolly (RICHMOND, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Heat from Another Sun (Mass Market Paperback)
David Lindsey is a prosemeister. His descriptions are lush; his characterizations have clarity and depth. His Houston Police Department detective Stuart Haydon is a many faceted, sensitive man, perhaps too sensitive to be a homicide cop. Haydon's helpless, nightmare flashbacks were vividly, realistically done.

The plot is unusual. The crime is not a crime: the obsessive collection of violent scenes and film footage. Mr. Lindsey is skillful enough that we feel as repelled by the violence as we would child pornography.

This was my first outing with Mr. Lindsey, and perhaps "Heat from Another Sun" is part of a series, but I never caught any reason for the fabulously wealthy Stuart Haydon to have a motivation for being a member of the Police Department. I became weary of the continual street directions "right on Main, left on Elder, cross Jessamine---" This may be fascinating to Houston residents, but is numbing to outsiders. If you never know another thing about Houston, you will be thoroughly convinced after reading this book; it must be the hottest, most humid place in the USA.

I thought the book should have been slimmed down. It occasionally dragged and felt padded. The pace was uneven; at times I was so lulled by the scene setting and the minute descriptions of apparel that I had to wake up and sit up straight when a graphic, hard-hitting passage popped up. Mr. Lindsey has a unique style; and I will try another book, as the author was recommended to me by a highly respected friend from the Amazon Discussion Boards.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great, modern thriller, Jan 17 2000
By philip s. watson (dallas, texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Heat from Another Sun (Mass Market Paperback)
The title itself is a work of art. A rich recluse loves his violent movies and he's willing to pay for those that will provide bloody flicks for him. And the "fix" of third world war scenes just is not enough, and pruveyors of the sick mind get their video cams primed for more ways to make money. Houston police detective Stewart Hayden is a man of wealth and taste himself and here we go. David Lindsey writes beautifully, and even if the characters and plot were not first rate, the prose would be enough to keep the pages turning.
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