Murder on Spruce Island: A Louis B. Davenport Mystery

Gene Brewer

Mar 2006 · Xlibris Corporation

About this ebook

As Special Deputy Sheriff Louis B. Davenport is leaving for a holiday visit with his grandchildren, a call comes: someone on Spruce Island has murdered one of the guests at Porpoise Bay Cottages, and Davenport has been assigned to the case. When he arrives on the island he finds that any number of the guests and islanders might have had a motive for the killing. Nicely written and enjoyableAnne Lesley Groell, Bantam Dell Publishing Group a charming setting and convincing charactersJessica Lichtenstein, HarperCollins Publishers A good, well-paced mystery that kept me guessing until the end. Jane Cavolina, Pocket Books

About the author

Gene Brewer was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana. He obtained a B.A. (chemistry) from DePauw University and a Ph.D. (biochemistry) from the University of Wisconsin, and studied DNA replication and cell division at UW, St. Jude Children Research Hospital, and Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Brewer is the author of the acclaimed K-PAX trilogy; the memoir Creating K-PAX; a mystery novel, Murder on Spruce Island; a courtroom drama, Wrongful Death; an illustrated novel, Ben and I; and a mainstream novel, Watson’s God. K-PAX IV was published in 2007, and the final episode of the saga, K-PAX V, is due in 2014. He lives with his wife and mixed-breed dog in Vermont and New Brunswick. Hobbies include cosmology, jogging, music, and reading.