A Kind and Savage Place
Published on 1. March 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-68512-077-1 (ISBN)
Description
Three teenagers are unwilling participants in a horrific event that results in a young man's death.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68512-077-1 (9781685120771)
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Person
Richard Helms is a retired college professor and forensic psychologist. He has been nominated eight times for the SMFS Derringer Award, winning it twice; seven times for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award, with a win in 2021; twice for the ITW Thriller Award, with one win; four times for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award with one win: and once for the Mystery Readers International Macavity Award. He is a frequent contributor to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, along with other periodicals and short story anthologies. His story "See Humble and Die" was included in Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Best American Mystery Stories 2020. A Kind and Savage Place is his twenty-second novel. He would like to acknowledge the contributions of developmental editor Derek McFadden in the production of this manuscript. Mr. Helms is a former member of the Board of Directors of Mystery Writers of America, and the former president of the Southeast Regional Chapter of MWA. When not writing, Mr. Helms enjoys travel, gourmet cooking, simracing, rooting for his beloved Carolina Tar Heels and Carolina Panthers, and playing with his grandsons. Richard Helms and his wife Elaine live in Charlotte, North Carolina.