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Bad Things Happen Spiral-Bound | 2010-06-16

Harry Dolan

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"Witty, sophisticated, suspenseful and endless fun...the best first novel I've read this year."--Washington Post

A gripping novel about a man trying to escape his violent past and soon becomes a murder suspect when a publisher--and the husband of the woman he's having an affair with--turns up dead.

The man who calls himself David Loogan is hoping to escape a violent past by living a quiet, anonymous life in Ann Arbor, Michigan. But when he's hired as an editor at a mystery magazine, he is drawn into an affair with the sleek blond wife of the publisher, Tom Kristoll--a man who soon turns up dead.

Elizabeth Waishkey is the most talented detective in the Ann Arbor Police Department, but even she doesn't know if Loogan is a killer or an ally who might help her find the truth. As more deaths start mounting up--some of them echoing stories published in the magazine--it's up to Elizabeth to solve both the murders and the mystery of Loogan himself.

"Witty, sophisticated, suspenseful and endless fun...the best first novel I've read this year." --Washington Post

"A hypnotically readable novel, with...dialog worthy of Elmore Leonard."--Douglas Preston


"Fans of Peter Abrahams and Scott Turow will find a lot to like."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Publisher: Penguin Random House
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 0425234401
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.0 x 8.2 inches
"[Dolan] has a gift for storytelling...the narrative comes with startling developments and nicely tricky reversals...[and] an interestingly enigmatic hero."--Marilyn Stasio, New York Times

"Go along for the thrill ride!"--James Patterson

"Brilliant."--Chicago Tribune

"A hypnotically readable novel...a breathtaking debut."--Douglas Preston

Harry Dolan graduated from Colgate University, where he majored in philosophy and studied fiction-writing with the novelist Frederick Busch. He earned a master's degree in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and currently works as a freelance editor. He grew up in Rome, New York, and now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his partner Linda Randolph.