Wolf House [Paperback]

Jack Lynch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 6, 2002

Somebody is killing people and secretly burying them at Jack London State Park in the California wine country. Private eye Peter Bragg is tipped off by a publicity shy psychic named Maribeth who senses the graves and fears she too is on the killer's hit list. Investigators unearth the victims but can't find a common thread revealing the killer's motive. Bragg teams up with a smart, country girl sheriff's detective in their frustrating search for the killer until an astonishing discovery does link the victims and sends Bragg racing back to Jack London State Park to stop the killing Maribeth feared most.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This well-crafted, medium-boiled addition to Edgar nominee Lynch's (Bragg's Hunch) Peter Bragg series employs a premise that readers will either accept or reject: the use of a professional psychic in a criminal investigation. Former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Bragg is contacted by a local psychic he once talked out of committing suicide, Maribeth Robbins, who's been having a series of disturbing visions about dead bodies buried in the nearby woods. Maribeth fears she might be next. Bragg takes her story to the police, whose immediate and enthusiastic support seems a tad unrealistic. Working with pretty female detective Merle Adams, Bragg is able to narrow down the location to the Jack London State Park, where multiple corpses are unearthed close to London's mansion, the Wolf House, which mysteriously burned to the ground in 1913. As fresh bodies continue to turn up, Bragg and Adams find themselves scrambling to stay one step ahead of the killer. Readers expecting a lot of Jack London lore will find only a perfunctory page of biographical material. Lynch is on to something interesting, however, when he compares police intuition with psychic foresight. In many ways the processes seem similar, especially in the way that a detective's mind shifts into the subconscious when assembling the pieces of an investigation.
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About the Author

Jack Lynch was a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle who wrote about cops, crooks and private eyes. An earlier Bragg novel was nominated for an MWA Edgar Award. Two others were nominated for awards by the Private Eye Writers of America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (February 6, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595215777
• ISBN-13: 978-0595215775
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,032,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)