Spiral [Paperback]

Jeremiah Healy (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: NY (1980)
• ASIN: B000N7GLVW
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Jeremiah Healy, a former Sheriff's Officer and Military Police Lieutenant, is a graduate of Rutgers College and the Harvard Law School. Healy is also the creator of the John Francis Cuddy private-investigator series and (under the pseudonym "Terry Devane") the Mairead O'Clare legal-thriller series, both set primarily in Boston. Healy has written eighteen novels and over sixty short stories, sixteen of which works have won or been nominated for the Shamus Award. He served as the President of the International Association of Crime Writers ("IACW") from 2000-2004, and he was the International Guest of Honour at the 34th World Mystery Convention in Toronto during October, 2004. Three years ago, Healy concluded his term as a member of the Mystery Writers of America's National Board of Directors.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars John Francis Cuddy returns with a vengence, September 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Spiral (John Francis Cuddy Mystery) (Hardcover)

Jeremiah Healy has brought his erstwhile series character, John Francis Cuddy, Boston PI, back. After losing the second love of his life to a plane crash, he is called upon to help his Vietnam commander, one Nicholas Helides, now wheelchair bound, determine who murdered his 13 year rock singer/sexual teaser granddaughter. Cuddy finds himself in Fort Lauderdale, a place usually thought of as a bedroom community for Miami, but which below its staid surface boils like hot oil into which drops of water has fallen. Cuddy must deal with a world-class dysfunctional family, cops with a cruelty gene, violent rednecks, hookers, and the rock group Spiral, whose problems would take longer to list than the side effects to Viagra. Cuddy displays just how tough he is, as he takes more than his share of physical abuse from a number of people. Healy has pushed the envelope in dealing with issues relating to children and their sexuality. He pulls it off brilliantly and without being exploitive. That's the mark of a great writer, which Jeremiah Healy again proves he is. This is definitely one to read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spiral, April 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Spiral (John Francis Cuddy Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)

I loved the book and I love the character of John Cuddy, however, I was extremely disappointed that his new love, Nancy Meagher, died. I loved the interaction building between the two of them throughout the novels and will definitely miss it continuing. I think John Cuddy has enough to deal with without having to find a new love and I feel that he needs love and companionship in his life. He will now be afraid to love anyone else again in fear that he will lose her. I hope that since they did not find the body, that Nancy somehow comes back.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping! Can't put it down!, August 22, 1999

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Marisa D'Vari, author of "Script Magic" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spiral (John Francis Cuddy Mystery) (Hardcover)

Dark, passionate, gripping are only three words to describe a thriller impossible to put down! One of Healy's best yet!