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The Picture from the Past
The Picture from the Past
Author: Paul Halter
What is there about the photograph of a street from a bygone era that obsesses John Braid? Why does he conceal his true profession from his newly-wed wife? And what, if any connection is there with the ?acid bath murderer? who has already taken six lives? And why does a tale from the past show such eerie similarities to what is happening in t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781502301819
ISBN-10: 1502301814
Publication Date: 12/10/2014
Pages: 182
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Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Type: Paperback
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I was unimpressed at first with this book. It has alternating chapters detailing a murder in the past and ones in the "present" (1959); it's a device I usually don't enjoy much, preferring linear story-telling. But it soon became a gripping way to tie the whole tale together and the reveal at the end neatly does so. Another winner from Halter, and from his translator John Pugmire.


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