| Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes Contributor(s): Walker, Blair S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1935597620 ISBN-13: 9781935597629 Publisher: Amazon Publishing OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | African American - Mystery & Detective |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Darryl Billups Mysteries |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.59" W x 8.27" (0.72 lbs) 235 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Maryland - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Locality - Baltimore, Maryland - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes is the third outing for intrepid African-American newspaper reporter Darryl Billups, whose previous escapades found him foiling a domestic terrorism plot and unmasking a cunning serial killer. In what just may be his biggest story yet, Darryl is called to cover a multiple homicide at a Baltimore storage facility. Authorities suspect the carnage is somehow linked to the contents of storage unit 25, where a young woman's mummified body--clad in bloodstained lingerie and opulent platinum-and-diamond jewelry--was recently discovered. The fact that someone was willing to risk the lives of five innocent people following the corpse's discovery tells Darryl that he's on to something big--and that's before the body mysteriously disappears from the medical examiner's office. Determined to find the truth, he joins forces with a hard-nosed female detective. Together they uncover a decades-old rivalry that reaches the highest levels of Baltimore politics. Novelist Blair S. Walker has been praised by USA Today for his "keen knack for entertaining," and Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes doesn't disappoint |
Contributor Bio(s): Walker, Blair S.: - The son of two Baltimore public school teachers, Blair S. Walker used to entertain himself in elementary school by writing short stories. The practice was frowned upon by instructors who wanted Walker to pay attention in class rather than secretly heed his muse. After serving in the Army as a Korean linguist, Walker attended the University of Maryland and worked as an intern reporter with the Baltimore Sun. Hired by the Orlando Sentinel after college, Walker was fired after six months by an editor who disparagingly noted that Walker's writing ability was marginal at best! A former financial writer with USA Today, Walker has been an editor with New York Newsday and the Washington Post, and a newsman with the Associated Press. The author of three novels featuring investigative reporter Darryl Billups, Walker holds a University of Maryland J.D. degree and currently lives in South Florida, where he's pursuing a lifelong dream of learning to fly helicopters. |