Snowflakes in the Sahara [Paperback]

Alan Winter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 10, 2000

Set in the backdrop of the ever-worsening global warming, Snowflakes in the Sahara is the story of a Svengali-like mind-manipulator (Lute Aurum) who teams up with an American Business icon (Jeremy Steel) to take over the White House. When their puppet is installed as president, Aurum and Steel are poised to pull off the greatest heist in history: Canada. And they almost pull it off, if it weren't for Carly Mason, the Big Apple's tooth sleuth...A Kay Scarpetta-like forensic dentist.

One terrible day, two disasters strike America at the same time: the president's helicopter carrying him to Camp David crashes, and a bomb explodes in Rockefeller Center leaving three bodies unidentified. Carly is by turns tough and inquisitive, clever and cunning. She will need all her skills to discover the victims' names. As she gets closer to the truth, a killer is dispatched to silence her. What follows is a gripping tale of heroism against all odds. What's frightening is that Snowflakes in the Sahara is a tale that is only a presidential election away.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The dental forensics used by the medical examiners to ascertain identity, etc., was informative. It's a page turner! -- Saul Katz - Lenox Hill Book Store, New York City

a clever novel that you can't help but sink your literary teeth into... -- Howard S. Glazer, DDS, FAAFS - Deputy Chief Forensic Dentist Office of Chief Medical Examiner

mixes the sinister ingredients of global warming and an oh-so-American wish for a quick-fix...whose character goes unexamined. -- Susan Hall - author and filmmaker

From the Author

How many dentists write novels? Three that Alan A. Winter of Mendham Township knows about: Zane Grey the 1920s Western

novelist who achieved fame with "Riders of the Purple Sage"; mystery writer Faye Kellerman, who never practiced but studied dentistry; and himself. Winter, 52, is a periodontist with a practice on Fifth Avenue in New York City He writes lots of articles for his professional colleagues, but fiction is his hobby and his passion.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 516 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (October 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595100252
• ISBN-13: 978-0595100255
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,499,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous read!, May 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Snowflakes in the Sahara (Paperback)

A page turner that keeps you hooked from the first line. Dr. Alan Winter is a very talented and creative author with an almost eerie degree of foresight. I stayed up all night to finish the book.

1.0 out of 5 stars What? Dentists and guys stealing Canada?, October 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Snowflakes in the Sahara (Paperback)

Out of all the thrillers which combine the secrets of denistry and forensics, this is the least appealling. I wish that the book had focused more the lives of hard-working, but fearful, professionals, anxious about their careers and futures. Something about cults would have been good too.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome from start to finish!, May 23, 2001

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Jordan Winter (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Snowflakes in the Sahara (Paperback)

Alan Winter has formulated a masterpiece thriller. He weaves government intrigue, the cult underworld, and medical science into a page-turner that never lets up. The characters are all too real. The story is all too real. I can't wait for the movie!