Thursday, October 23, 2008


This week, the

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing

Less Than Dead

Thomas Nelson (September 9, 2008)

by

Tim Downs



ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Tim Downs is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University. After graduation in 1976 he created a comic strip, Downstown, which was syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate until 1986. His cartooning has appeared in more than a hundred major newspapers worldwide.

His first book, a work of non-fiction, was awarded the Gold Medallion Award in 2000. His first novel, Shoofly Pie, was awarded the Angel Award in 2004, and his third novel, PlagueMaker, was awarded the Christy Award for best suspense novel of 2007. First The Dead, the third book in this Bug Man series came out earlier this year.

Tim lives in Cary, North Carolina, with his wife Joy.


ABOUT THE BOOK


Some secrets just won't stay buried.
When strange bones surface on a U.S. senator's property, the FBI enlists forensic entomologist Nick Polchak to investigate the forgotten graveyard. Polchak's orders are simple: figure out the mess.

But Polchak, known as the "Bug Man" because of his knowledge of insects and their interaction with the dead, senses darker secrets buried beneath the soil.

Secrets that could derail the senator's presidential bid.

Secrets buried in the history of a quaint Virginia town.

Secrets someone is willing to kill to protect.

With the help of a mysterious local woman named Alena and her uncanny cadaver dogs, Polchak sets out to dig up the truth.

But with a desperate killer hot on his trail, he'll be lucky to wind up anything less than dead.


If you would like to read the first chapter of Less Than Dead, go HERE
FROMMIPOV: Gil Grissom move over there's a new Bug Guy in town! A congressman whose running for the presidency decides to build a super mall on land that's been in the family for decades. Once the team gets in and starts excavating the land they start finding graves, who knows how many, or how long they've been there. In comes Nick Polchak to find out when they died and how long they've been dead using entomology. Then there's this strange woman known as a witch, but is she really? She has these dogs, that obey her every command with just a look. The part she plays becomes quite interesting to say the least.

The real questions: How many bodies are buried, who buried them? How long have they been there? Will Nick be able to identify who they are?

To find out the answers to this great story you'll have to grab yourself a copy of this great thriller! I give it 5 exceptional stars out of 5!

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