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Murder Book by Marshall Thornton. A Nick Nowak, Boystown Mystery.
Review summary: The setting of this murder mystery, Chicago in Fall 1982, provides a strong backdrop to two national events that play a role here — the so-called Tylenol murders and the increasing awareness of the newly identified disease, AIDS — but the primary plot of the story is relatively weakly plotted. An example of a period crime novel in which the "period" is far more accomplished than the "crime". (Click here for text of full review.)
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Murder Book
Marshall Thornton
A Nick Nowak, Boystown Mystery
MLR Press (April 2013)
Publisher synopsis: It's fall 1982 and Chicago is gripped by panic after five people die from poisoned Tylenol capsules. Amid the chaos, the Bughouse Slasher takes his eighth victim, this time striking close to private investigator Nick Nowak. With the Chicago Police Department stretched to its limit, Nick takes matters into his own hands. But what will he do with the Bughouse Slasher once he finds him?
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