The Dead Detective (Sam and Vera Sloan Mystery Series, Book 2) [Paperback]

Robert L. Wise Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 4, 2002

Sam Sloan is dead. But when his wife, Vera, receives the report of his plane going down, she flies to the site and finds no evidence of a crash. Unable to put the puzzle together, Vera and her daughter, Cara, struggle to accept the reality of Sam's death. But when mother and daughter find a computer disk in a hidden "stash" in Sam's office, they stumble onto the man responsible for his death-Ivan Trudoff, a money-laundering member of the Russian mafia. Armed with the promise that God's help comes in the midst of confusion, Vera is determined to go after the criminal herself.

But will Vera find the justice she seeks-or will she unknowingly move toward a dangerous confrontation?

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

When Vera Sloan finds no evidence of the plane crash she's told has killed her detective husband, Sam, she embarks on her own investigation even as she tries to come to terms with his death. A mysterious computer disk leads her to a deadly Russian mobster, and Vera, strengthened by her faith in God, steels herself to battle forces much stronger than herself and to find her husband, dead or alive, in Robert L. Wise's The Dead Detective: A Sam and Vera Sloan Mystery.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; 1St Edition edition (June 4, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785266968
• ISBN-13: 978-0785266969
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,629,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert Wise is the author of more than thirty published books and numerous articles. In non-fiction writing, Dr. Wise has often addressed issues of struggle. When There Is No Miracle, a survey of why innocent people struggle with pain, has sold for over twenty-five years. He authored When The Night Is Too Long as a sequel. Windows of the Soul describes how God uses our dreams as a means for spiritual growth. In Spiritual Abundance he explores the insights of the early Church Fathers of the first five centuries to discover their directives for personal growth. More recently, Dr. Wise wrote Fearless for Life, covering how Christians could overcome fear, the power of faith in their lives. Released in 2004, Crazymakers presents techniques for dealing with difficult and narcissistic persons.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not the worst I've read -- but it comes close..., March 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Dead Detective (Sam and Vera Sloan Mystery Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

Having met Robert Wise, I had high hopes for this novel when I started it. Unfortunately, after less than one chapter I realized that those hopes were ill-founded. "The Dead Detective" lacks all of the things that make novels readable -- interesting characters, snappy dialogue, believable plotlines. Instead, we are given one-dimensional characters, cliche-driven dialogue and a plot which simply never makes sense.

I will quantify all of this by saying that, if you have loved every novel in the "Left Behind" series, you might really like Mr. Wise's novels. If, however, you are looking Christian literature on the level of Frank Peretti, Randy Alcorn or Ted Dekker, you should look elsewhere. In the world of Christian fiction, there are many great choices. This simply isn't one of them.

2.0 out of 5 stars Ok, January 29, 2008

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L. Wright "lrw" (Greeneville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dead Detective (Sam and Vera Sloan Mystery Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

I enjoyed the first novel in this series, but the second I didn't really care for... I actually didn't finish reading the book. I read the first few chapters and skimmed the rest of the book just so I could read the ending. I didn't find it all that exciting and finding out that Sam wasn't dead in the first few chapters kinda took the suspense right out of it. As I said I liked the first book, but I don't think I will read the third.

1.0 out of 5 stars A Non mystery, April 18, 2006

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doglady (paso robles, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dead Detective (Sam and Vera Sloan Mystery Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

I am an avid mystery reader.The best part of the book was the cover art. The mystery is why this was even published...thin plot, flat characters and way too much dogma. The dogma is the message...the book is just a cover for it. If one is a mystery writer, great...but to put the rest of that mush in the plot is just not fair. When reading a mystery, the religion and preaching of the writer should be kept out. If this is just a thinly discuised religious tract..it should be so titled. Very disappointed.