Bad Things Happen
2009 • 338 pages

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The man who calls himself David Loogan is leading a quiet, anonymous life in the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He's hoping to escape a violent past he would rather forget. But his solitude is broken when he finds himself drawn into a friendship with Tom Kristoll, the publisher of the mystery magazine Gray Streets—and into an affair with Laura, Tom's sleek blond wife. What Loogan doesn't realize is that the stories in Gray Streets tend to follow a simple formula: Plans go wrong. Bad things happen. People die.Elizabeth Waishkey is a single mother. She's also the most talented detective in the Ann Arbor Police Department. But when Tom Kristoll turns up dead, she doesn't know quite what to make of David Loogan. Is he a killer, or an ally who might help her discover the truth? Loogan suspects his friend's death is part of a much larger puzzle, and he's not going to wait for someone else to put the pieces together.As Loogan and Elizabeth navigate their way through...

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Not bad. Maybe 3.5 stars because it's set in Ann Arbor, which I wasn't expecting.

August 13, 2020

Quite a bit of build up, but it is worth it. Interesting style of writing also.

August 3, 2010



Good pacing and interesting twisty plot.

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