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William Deverell

The Laughing Falcon Mass Market Paperback – International Edition, October 11, 2002

by William Deverell (Author)

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William Deverell’s 11th novel is an adventure thriller layered with startling twists. All that Maggie Schneider, a romance writer from wintry Saskatoon, wants is a glorious holiday in the tropics and maybe a little real romance to reawaken her creative juices. What she gets instead, soon after she arrives in Costa Rica, is a nasty surprise. First she is robbed of most of her money. Then she is kidnapped and held for ransom somewhere in the steamy jungle by self-styled revolutionaries led by a charismatic man with a mysterious background. Kidnapped along with Maggie is the vivacious wife of a U.S. senator who has presidential ambitions.

While the two women learn to deal with their captors, Jacques Cardinal, a jaded eco-tour guide who is desperately seeking to free himself from the demons of his past, undertakes a daring undercover rescue mission.

Comical and fast-paced – and drawn from true events – The Laughing Falcon transports readers to the lush rainforest of Costa Rica, where the author himself has lived for much of the last 20 years.

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432 pages
Language

English
Publisher

McClelland & Stewart
Publication date

October 11, 2002
Dimensions

4.2 x 0.95 x 7 inches
ISBN-10

0771027087
ISBN-13

978-0771027086
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Praise for William Deverell:

“Deverell has a narrative style so lean that scenes and characters seem to explode on the page.” –Philadelphia Bulletin

“The most gripping courtroom drama since Anatomy of a Murder.” –Globe and Mail

“Deverell injects more electricity into his novels than anyone currently writing in Canada – perhaps anywhere.” –London Free Press

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William Deverell?s 11th novel is an adventure thriller layered with startling twists. All that Maggie Schneider, a romance writer from wintry Saskatoon, wants is a glorious holiday in the tropics and maybe a little real romance to reawaken her creative juices. What she gets instead, soon after she arrives in Costa Rica, is a nasty surprise. First she is robbed of most of her money. Then she is kidnapped and held for ransom somewhere in the steamy jungle by self-styled revolutionaries led by a charismatic man with a mysterious background. Kidnapped along with Maggie is the vivacious wife of a U.S. senator who has presidential ambitions.

While the two women learn to deal with their captors, Jacques Cardinal, a jaded eco-tour guide who is desperately seeking to free himself from the demons of his past, undertakes a daring undercover rescue mission.

Comical and fast-paced ? and drawn from true events ? The Laughing Falcon transports readers to the lush rainforest of Costa Rica, where the author himself has lived for much of the last 20 years.

From the Hardcover edition.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ McClelland & Stewart; 1st THUS edition (October 11, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0771027087
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0771027086
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.2 x 0.95 x 7 inches

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WEBSITE AND BLOG: www.deverell.com

Bill Deverell was a journalist for seven years, graduating in law in 1963. His criminal practice involved work for both prosecution and defence, and he worked in civil rights, labour, and environmental law. He is a founding director, former president, now honourary director of the B. C. Civil Liberties Association.

His first novel, Needles, won the $50,000 Seal Prize in l979 and the Book of the Year Award in l98l. His subsequent novels include High Crimes, Mecca, The Dance of Shiva, Platinum Blues, Mindfield, Kill All the Lawyers, Street Legal, Trial of Passion, Slander, The Laughing Falcon, Mind Games, April Fool, Kill All the Judges, Snow Job, and, his latest, I'll See You in My Dreams. He is author of the true crime book A Life on Trial - the Case of Robert Frisbee, based on a celebrated murder trial which he defended. His novels have been translated into fourteen languages and sold worldwide. All but two continue in print.

Trial of Passion won the 1997 Dashiell Hammett award, for literary excellence in crime writing in North America, as well as the Arthur Ellis prize in crime writing in Canada. It featured the classically trained, self-doubting Arthur Beauchamp, a trial lawyer who became Deverell's first series protagonist, in April Fool (also an Ellis winner), Kill All the Judges (shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Prize in humour), and Snow Job, a political novel set in Ottawa, which has been similarly shortlisted. He has been referred to as a national Treasurer by the Toronto Star and received the Best Canadian Crime Writer award at the Scene of the Crime Festival in Ontario. In October, 2011, he was awarded an honourary doctor of letters from Simon Fraser University.

He wrote the screenplay Shellgame for CBC-TV drama, which served as the pilot for CBC's long-running series Street Legal, and he is the creator of that series, which has run internationally in more than 50 countries. In 1991-92, he served as Visiting Professor in the Creative Writing Department, University of Victoria. In 1994 he served as Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada, and again in 1999. He lives on Pender Island, British Columbia, and in Costa Rica. His website is www.deverell.com, with a link to his active blog.

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P. Newhart

The Laughing Falcon

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2009

Initially I picked this book up only because it's set in Costa Rica, a country that I'm interested in. it is outside of my usual genre but I did enjoy it.

A group of strangers comes together in Costa Rica as a result of the kidnappings of Gloria-May Walker, wife of a Senator, and Maggie Schneider, Canadian writer. Will they survive their ordeal? Who's on which side? There are many plot twists in this book to keep the reader entertained until the end.

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Sandford

The Laughing Falcon

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2008

I was a bit disappointed with Bill Deverell this time. The Laughing Falcon came across as a bit of a romance novel rather than an adventure and it seemed as though it was written by a woman rather than a man. I found it drippy and boring in parts. Not enough action for me. It's still worth 3 stars if only because its written by Deverell.

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