Out of Mind - Michael Burke

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      Praise for Music of the Spheres

      “Burke once again smoothly blends allusions to Greek mythology with familiar detective fiction tropes in his second mystery featuring winning, if slightly dim, PI Johnny “Blue” Heron (after 2009’s Swan Dive). When Heron learns that Hank Menotti, who was convicted of manslaughter after stabbing his father, George Windsore, to death 12 years earlier, has been released from the state pen, Heron drives over to the house of George’s son and Hank’s half-brother, Billy, in the unnamed Northeastern town that serves as the series’ setting. There he finds Billy dying with a knife wound in his back. Enlisted to assist in the murder investigation, Heron seizes the chance to rekindle his relationship with his ex-girlfriend and newly appointed chief of police, Kathy McGregor. Those who like their noir with a touch of whimsical humor will be satisfied.”

      —Publisher’s Weekly (2009)

      Praise for Swan Dive

      “Move over, Dashiell Hammett. Make room, Cornell Woolrich. With his first novel, Swan Dive, Michael Burke joins the pantheon of private eye muses. This fast-paced who-done-it is a masterful achievement of unpredictable narrative cast with diverse and engaging characters. Michael Burke spices his tale with an artist’s eye and philosopher’s wit as he enlightens and entertains.”

      —Sidney Offit

      “Where has Michael Burke been hiding? His first book, a detective thriller called Swan Dive, has the speed and sex of Spillane, the plotting of Chandler and the wit and charm of Hammett. There’s money, murder, and mayham and, to keep things bubbling, a bevy of gorgeous women—the most tempting and intriguing of whom may just be Leda and the Swan! I couldn’t put it down.

      —John Gruen

      by the same author

      Swan Dive

      Music of the Spheres

      Out of Mind

      Michael Burke

      Parlor Press

      Anderson, South Carolina

      www.parlorpress.com

      Parlor Press LLC, Anderson, South Carolina, USA

      © 2014 by Parlor Press.

      All rights reserved.

      Printed in the United States of America

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Burke, Michael, 1939-

      Out of mind / Michael Burke. -- First edition.

      pages cm.

      ISBN 978-1-60235-598-9 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

      1. Private investigators--Fiction. 2. Mystery fiction. 3. Noir fiction. I. Title.

      PS3602.U75525O97 2014

      813’.6--dc23

      2014035725

      Cover design by Tom Chapin and Michael Burke.

      Printed on acid-free paper.

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      First Edition

      Parlor Press, LLC is an independent publisher of scholarly and trade titles in print and multimedia formats. This book is available in paper and digital formats from Parlor Press on the World Wide Web at http://www.parlorpress.com or through online and brick-and-mortar bookstores. For submission information or to find out about Parlor Press publications, write to Parlor Press, 3015 Brackenberry Drive, Anderson, SC 29621, or e-mail [email protected].

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