Hungry Ghosts: A Darcy Lott Mystery [Hardcover]

Susan Dunlap (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Darcy Lott Mystery | Publication Date: June 28, 2008

Set among the wistful Victorians of San Francisco, the second installment of the Darcy Lott series finds stuntwoman Darcy once again plagued by murder. Recently returned to San Francisco to assist her Zen teacher in his new zendo, Darcy cannot shake the pain of her brother's disappearance. When she spies him on the roof of the zendo, she hurries to catch him — and finds him gone. And when another disappearance rattles Darcy the very next day, she realizes something is afoot. A bit of digging uncovers a terrifying plot, and Darcy must once again race to thwart a killer.

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Stunt woman Darcy Lott returns to her native San Francisco to serve as the assistant to her Zen teacher, Leo Garson. She has a job in the film business, but thoughts of her missing brother interfere with her concentration. She thinks that he is on the roof of a nearby building, but he is gone when she gets there. As she continues the search and works on reconciling with her estranged family, she meets a high-school classmate who knew her brother. They plan to have lunch the next day, but she disappears and later turns up dead. As Darcy works to find out what happened, she learns more about her family, becomes a suspect in the murder, and finally unravels a ruthless scheme. Interesting details about Zen lore and San Francisco history combine with a fast-moving plot to make the second Darcy Lott mystery very appealing. This series is off to a great start. --Barbara Bibel

Review

"Veteran writer Dunlap, creator of several respected mystery series, introduces an original new detective in a beautifully plotted story that features an unusual setting and fully realized characters. This polished triumph launches an intriguing new series." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Counterpoint; First Edition edition (June 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582434174
• ISBN-13: 978-1582434179
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,177,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable amateur sleuth, October 5, 2008

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This review is from: Hungry Ghosts: A Darcy Lott Mystery (Hardcover)

When she was sixteen and living with her family in San Francisco, her older brother Mike walked out of the house never to be seen again. She returns to the City by the Bay years later to work as a stunt double and as an assistant to Zen teacher Leo Garson. Just as she is about to take a dive off a building, Darcy Lott notices on the rooftop of the Victorian opposite where she is a red haired man who from this distance looks like Mike.

A stunned Darcy describes the man to Leo; he informs her, the man is her new landlord Eamon Lafferty who gave them rent free apartments for six months and decorated the place for a gala for high end clients. On the night of the reception celebrating the zen center's opening, Darcy sees her long time friend Tia Dru, who is Eamon's escort. The two pals find and old concealed tunnel and enter it though for Tia the journey is painful. Darcy goes to see Tia for lunch only to find her buddy vanished. In Leo's room she finds Tia's corpse. Obviously Leo is a person of interest to the police, but Darcy believes her employer is innocent. Not long afterward, Tia's friend is found murdered in the tunnel. Darcy begins to put the puzzle pieces together going after a perpetrator about to escape with a deadly cargo.

The Darcy Lott mystery series is an exciting tale filled with complex characters some of whom wear masks to hide their deadly agendas. The heroine is an interesting lead character who courts danger like Winnie courts honey. Her need to identify the killer is obsessive yet readers will admire her courage and loyalty. Enhanced by the streets of San Francisco, HUNGRY GHOSTS is an enjoyable amateur sleuth high octane action thriller with plenty of Karma.

Harriet Klausner

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good One, June 11, 2011

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This review is from: Hungry Ghosts: A Darcy Lott Mystery (Darcy Lott Mysteries) (Paperback)

A good teaching about hungry ghosts in each of our lives - wrapped up as an intriguing mystery. It seems likely that it may have been what Susan Dunlap intended, and it worked!