A Show of Hands

By David A. Crossman

Book Overview

When the body of a young woman is found, he just can't refrain from asking a few questions; how did she end up frozen in the ice of an abandoned quarry? Whose fingerprints are those on her slender neck? What was her relationship with the son of Senator McKinnison? And why is her beautiful face caked with forty-year-old theatrical make-up?Before long, octogenarian Crisp finds himself caught up in a tangled murder investigation, haunted by a red-headed ghost, and the target of a killer with a strangely twisted mind. His own grip on reality is slipping, and he's losing his will to keep digging. But he's determined not to go to his grave with these questions unanswered...Olaf Ingraham leaned into the light. "I'd like to've seen the look on Bergie's face when he started cuttin' that fish hole and seen her lookin' up at him." Olaf did his impersonation of a young woman frozen in ice and laughed his stupid laugh.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475199961
• ISBN13: 9781475199963
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A thoroughly enjoyable mystery.

Being from Maine and also being familiar with the locale of this book made this even more fun to read. This is the first of Crossman's series about Winston Crisp (a retired code-breaker with the National Security Agency) which takes place on Penobscot Island. Winston unwittingly gets drawn into a local murder even though he (sort of) tries to stay out of it. Crossman does a wonderful job of bringing readers into the story with his descriptions of the island and the cold (and sometimes unmerciful) Maine island weather in winter. This is definitely a great book to settle in with when you feel like spreading your wings and trying a new author.

Gripping story - I'll buy every David Crossman book.

"A SHOW OF HANDS" is cleverly written. Need a gift for someone? I suggest this book. It suits all ages and it refreshing. After reading this sketching allegory, I'll read every book that David Crossman writes. He has a true talent of introducing you to people you can visualize and seemingly know. Winston Crisp must appear in all future books. I like this gentleman! The story is gripping, and just when you believe you have untangled the secrets, you discover that you are dead wrong, and the intrigue continues. Until the last pages, you are unsure of the culprits. Mr. Crossman has a skilled talent of giving birth to his characters. As you learn to know these colorful people on the island and their idiosyncrasies, one instantly perceives to embrace or distrust them. Could they have committed the murder? What is still to be discovered about them? Discover "A SHOW OF HANDS" for yourself before someone makes the movie!