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Title details for Bright Futures by Stuart M. Kaminsky - Available

Bright Futures

#6 in series

by Stuart M. Kaminsky
Michael McConnohie
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Lovable everyman Lew Fonesca, the Man Who Makes Things Work in Sarasota, is once again faced with cases that try his patience and test his sanity.

A local curmudgeon who has been campaigning to end state-sponsored school funding is brutally killed. A recent graduate of a public high school for the gifted is arrested for the crime and turns to Lew for help. A semiretired and much beloved singer of children's songs is being anonymously pushed to leave Sarasota, threatened with exposure as a sexual predator. It is up to Lew to uncover the blackmailer and determine whether there is any truth to the accusation.

Lew has decided that life is worth more than just going through the motions. But will the good life that Lew so richly deserves elude him as he uncovers some very sad truths? His final choice: do the right thing and see his happiness evaporate ... or betray a trust and stay happy....

  • Creators

  • Series

    Lew Fonesca Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Awards

  • Release date

    January 1, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792762188
      • File size: 234892 KB
      • Duration: 08:09:21

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from October 27, 2008
      At the start of the superb sixth Lew Fonesca hard-boiled whodunit (after 2006’s Always Say Goodbye
      ) from MWA Grand Master Kaminsky, 17-year-old Greg Lagerman, a student at a school for the gifted, hires Fonesca, who’s been working as a process server in Sarasota, Fla., since losing his wife to a hit-and-run driver in Chicago, to exonerate a friend, 17-year-old Ronnie Graell. Graell stands accused of bludgeoning to death an eccentric wealthy politician whose most recent crusade was against a college financial-aid program. Given that the bloodstained suspect was found next to the corpse, Fonesca has his work cut out for him. The gumshoe’s initial probes soon place him in the crosshairs of an unknown assailant. Kaminsky provides enough twists and turns to keep most readers guessing, but the book’s power comes from the compelling portrayal of Fonseca, who still suffers emotionally from his wife’s death, but continues to strive to move forward.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      It's not so much a question of who wanted a local Sarasota naysayer dead, but which of the many people who hated him actually killed him. In BRIGHT FUTURES, Stuart Kaminsky's latest novel featuring the kindhearted non-detective Lew Fonesca (he has no license), the hapless investigator tries to prove that the person in jail for the killing is the wrong man. Narrator Michael McConnohie has Fonesca's easygoing manner down pat, and he also brings to life the other members of Fonesca's crew, including an aging ex-detective, a sort-of girlfriend, and a strange Chinese man who has attached himself to Fonesca to make up for having killed his wife in a car accident. BRIGHT FUTURE is a wonderful excursion into a strange world that ends all too soon. M.S. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      April 15, 2009
      In this sixth and final entry in Edgar Award winner Kaminsky's Lew Fonesca seriesfollowing "Always Say Goodbye", also available from Sound Librarythe soft-boiled Sarasota, FL, detective must clear the name of a surly teenager accused of bludgeoning a wealthy eccentric. Series reader Michael McConnohie captures Fonesca's sober masculinity, as well as the women, teens, and men who cross his path. McConnohie needs only to master the pronunciation of "Tamiami" to keep from shattering the mood for listeners familiar with the Sunshine State. Highly recommended for public library mystery collections. [Audio clip available through www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com.Ed.]Judith Robinson, Dept. of Lib. & Information Studies, Univ. at Buffalo

      Copyright 2009 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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