ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tim Downs is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University. After graduation in 1976 he created a comic strip, Downstown, which was syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate until 1986. His cartooning has appeared in more than a hundred major newspapers worldwide.
His first book, a work of non-fiction, was awarded the Gold Medallion Award in 2000. His first novel, Shoofly Pie, was awarded the Angel Award in 2004, and his third novel, PlagueMaker, was awarded the Christy Award for best suspense novel of 2007. First The Dead, the third book in this Bug Man series came out earlier this year.
Tim lives in Cary, North Carolina, with his wife Joy.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Some secrets just won't stay buried.
When strange bones surface on a U.S. senator's property, the FBI enlists forensic entomologist Nick Polchak to investigate the forgotten graveyard. Polchak's orders are simple: figure out the mess.
But Polchak, known as the "Bug Man" because of his knowledge of insects and their interaction with the dead, senses darker secrets buried beneath the soil.
Secrets that could derail the senator's presidential bid.
Secrets buried in the history of a quaint Virginia town.
Secrets someone is willing to kill to protect.
With the help of a mysterious local woman named Alena and her uncanny cadaver dogs, Polchak sets out to dig up the truth.
But with a desperate killer hot on his trail, he'll be lucky to wind up anything less than dead.
My review: While a Senator is trying to build a new property, graves are discovered. Graves that hold secrets. Secrets of a killer; someone that buried the victims on top of other graves. How long as this been going on, how are they going to find the murderer who may be still around there, or may be long gone. Nick Polchak can help determine how long the bodies have been there from the bugs that are in the grave. Some bugs start eating the body first, then others and others. Also the police call in help from the woman Alena, the woman of Endor...yes Endor. Yes, a medium like in the bible, who Saul went to seek. At first a mother is looking for her son, and is frantic that this woman is called because she "only finds the dead." But this is not just one missing child, it is a serial killer. And secrets buried that can destroy the Senator's quest to build there and his race for President. Less Than Dead provides the reader with a suspense filled mystery and thriller! Will they stop the killer before Nick is killed too? You read this and find out!
If you would like to read the first chapter of Less Than Dead, go HERE
The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595543074
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