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Critical Praise for Fred Hunter "Hunter's story recalls some of the backstage murder yarns spun out by Ngaio Marsh. Like Marsh, Hunter writes with technical familiarity about the opera and about the financial skullduggery plaguing a new production. . . . Smugly, I had the killer spotted half-way through and---okay---I was wrong, wrong, wrong." ---Chicago Sun-Times on Ransom at the Opera "Lots of falling snow, warm muffins, children's choirs, and---oh, yes---a few dead bodies laced into this satisfying mystery that makes it just right for a cozy read." ---San Antonio Express-News on Ransom for a Holiday "The plot has enough twists to keep the reader guessing. . . . Writing in a suitably 'operatic' style, Hunter delivers a dramatic and fully satisfying denouement." ---Publishers Weekly on Ransom at the Opera "Hunter's astringently accurate sketches of how the aged are perceived bring a piercing social commentary to the mystery." ---St. Petersburg Times on Ransom Unpaid "Hunter has created a fabulous sense of atmosphere; twice I had to make sure I was reading in a well lit room. And Emily is a terrific character. It's a pleasure to find an older character portrayed without the stereotypical claptrap." ---Contra Costa Times on Ransom Unpaid "Ransom and Charters make a great team, reminiscent in some ways of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. Great fun." ---Booklist on Presence of MindHunter, Fred is the author of 'Ransom at Sea', published 2003 under ISBN 9780312300661 and ISBN 0312300662.
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