David Fulmer
Autor(a) de Chasing the Devil's Tail
About the Author
He has written about blues, jazz & other subjects for The Atlanta Journal & constitution, Atlanta Magazine, Southline, National Public Radio, The All-Music Guide & Blues Access. He wrote & produced the documentary Blind Willie's Blues it earned him a nomination for a W. C. Handy Keeping the Blues mostrar mais Alive Award. He has worked as a welder, bartender, musician & teacher & spent ten years in the motorsports industry, which included driving in SCCA competition. A native of Pennsylvania, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his daughter Italia. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012) — Contribuinte — 558 cópias
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1950-04-03
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Agente
- Michael Congdon (Don Congdon & Associates)
- Pequena biografia
- David Fulmer is the author of six critically-acclaimed and award-winning novels with Harcourt Books. He has been nominated for a LA Times Book Prize, a Barry Award, and a Falcon Award, has won a Shamus Award, a Benjamin Franklin Award, and AudioFile Golden Earphones Award, and has been nominated to numerous “Best of” lists, including Borders Books “Best of 2003 List,” Atlanta Magazine’s “2008 Best of the Shelf” and New York Magazine’s “Best Novels You’ve Never Read.” Mostly recently, "The Blue Door" was nominated for the 2009 Shamus Award for Best Novel. His books have received superlative reviews from publications including The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kirkus Reviews, The San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, The Washington Post, BookList, The Times Picayune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Detroit News, The Minneapolis Star, The Plain Dealer, The Baltimore Sun, Paste Magazine, The Boston Globe, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Telegraph (UK), The Sun-Sentinel, and Publishers Weekly, and have been translated into Italian, Japanese, and French. His seventh novel, “The Fall,” will be released in March by Five Stones Press.
David Fulmer lives in Atlanta with his daughter Italia.
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I really hadn't planned on reading the rest of this series without a break for something else, given that I prefer variety in my reading, but these are rather addictive and fast reads, even with the awful typesetting and proofreading of these later volumes from a second publisher.
In this one, set in 1916, private detective Valentin St. Cyr investigates after a prominent, wealthy man is found dead, his body mutilated, in a dark and notorious alley in Storyville, New Orleans' red-light district. Clues are hard to find, but when a priest is murdered a day later, the hunt is on to find a cunning serial killer.
There are a couple of loose ends left dangling, ones I hope will be tied up by the end of the next and final book in the series.… (mais)
In this one, set in 1916, private detective Valentin St. Cyr investigates after a prominent, wealthy man is found dead, his body mutilated, in a dark and notorious alley in Storyville, New Orleans' red-light district. Clues are hard to find, but when a priest is murdered a day later, the hunt is on to find a cunning serial killer.
There are a couple of loose ends left dangling, ones I hope will be tied up by the end of the next and final book in the series.… (mais)
I've been zipping through the remaining books in the Valentin St. Cyr historical mysteries series, and really wish I'd been able to buy the last four titles by the original publisher as I doubt they had all the poor typesetting issues, missing words, extra words, and other problems -- unless I missed something, one character's surname actually changed mid-book! -- that these volumes from Crescent City Books have.
The story was stronger this time than in the previous volume, with Valentin taking on the case of a missing teen while also investigating the brutal murders of prostitutes in the red light district, Storyville, in 1914 New Orleans. None of the scenes felt like filler as in the previous book, and a mysterious older woman with amnesia who becomes a pawn in the escalating feud between Valentin and corrupt police captain Picot ratchets up the suspense. And giving Justine, Valentin's wife, more to do in this book -- she pretty much takes over the missing teen case -- was a nice plus.… (mais)
The story was stronger this time than in the previous volume, with Valentin taking on the case of a missing teen while also investigating the brutal murders of prostitutes in the red light district, Storyville, in 1914 New Orleans. None of the scenes felt like filler as in the previous book, and a mysterious older woman with amnesia who becomes a pawn in the escalating feud between Valentin and corrupt police captain Picot ratchets up the suspense. And giving Justine, Valentin's wife, more to do in this book -- she pretty much takes over the missing teen case -- was a nice plus.… (mais)
After reading the third Valentin St. Cyr mystery, set in the early 1900s in New Orleans, I found the remaining four books in the series online and quickly ordered them. These trade paperbacks are a bit taller, published by a different press, different than the first three books, and apparently, quality control is not prioritized with regards to typesetting and proofing. Typos, poor scene breaks in a number of spots, extra words, missing words, and other oddities marred this book.
Another strike against it is typical for many ongoing series when the author has to catch new readers up on character backstories and the events from the previous books. In this case, it comes across as filler and I hope Fulmer found more interesting ways to insert these info dumps in the remaining three titles. In addition, there are brief scenes that seem to have been included to pad the page count as they are little more than a quick check-in with a character without advancing either story or character development.
And yet, once I got to the back half of the book, I found Valentin's latest case as compelling as ever. The case revolves around the murders of three wealthy men found at or in a high level house of prostitution that have one thing in common: they're all owned by the same man. The victims were all shot and each has a long cut on his face. Is a madman on the loose in Storyvill, the red-light district, or is something more sinister at work? Valentin's efforts to solve the mystery and end the killing causes trouble between him and his live-in lover, former prostitute Justine who had thought Valentin was finished with Storyville and its problems.
I'm still enjoying this series, but the feeling of padding and a lack of freshness in the telling keep this from being as good as the earlier three.… (mais)
Another strike against it is typical for many ongoing series when the author has to catch new readers up on character backstories and the events from the previous books. In this case, it comes across as filler and I hope Fulmer found more interesting ways to insert these info dumps in the remaining three titles. In addition, there are brief scenes that seem to have been included to pad the page count as they are little more than a quick check-in with a character without advancing either story or character development.
And yet, once I got to the back half of the book, I found Valentin's latest case as compelling as ever. The case revolves around the murders of three wealthy men found at or in a high level house of prostitution that have one thing in common: they're all owned by the same man. The victims were all shot and each has a long cut on his face. Is a madman on the loose in Storyvill, the red-light district, or is something more sinister at work? Valentin's efforts to solve the mystery and end the killing causes trouble between him and his live-in lover, former prostitute Justine who had thought Valentin was finished with Storyville and its problems.
I'm still enjoying this series, but the feeling of padding and a lack of freshness in the telling keep this from being as good as the earlier three.… (mais)
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As with the other reprint volumes from Crescent City Books, this one was flawed with poor proofing. I wish I had access to the original volumes to compare and see if they were similarly flawed. But the missing words, grammatical errors, and other oopsies didn't hurt my enjoyment of what was a satisfying end for the series.
True, there were some plot points that seemed to really stretch things, but the return of a few characters from past books was worth it. The story is set primarily on the last day of Storyville before that New Orleans Red-Light District is legislated out of existence. On that last night, Valentin and a number of police officers are patrolling Storyville to keep violence that is likely to erupt to a minimum. In addition, Valentin has gathered info about the corruption that fueled the end of Storyville and a hired killer is stalking the District with plans to kill the private detective, but not until striking at the people Valentin cares about.
The tight timeframe leads to some indulgent character scenes that don't advance the story much, while other scenes ratchet up the tension. I was satisfied with the payoff, yet wouldn't mind reading another adventure or two about the early 20th-century Creole detective.… (mais)