Before settling in Williamsburg, Virginia,
Edward Cline lived and wrote in New York,
Las Vegas, and California, among other places.
He is the author of six highly acclaimed novels
in the SPARROWHAWK series, set in the period
leading up to the American Revolution.
His Chess Hanrahan detective novels,
unusual for their blending of action
and ideas, include PRESENCE OF MIND
and FIRST PRIZE. A third Hanrahan novel,
HONORS DUE, is scheduled for June 1, 2011.
Writing in The Armchair Detective, Allen J. Hubin
praised FIRST PRIZE as
"Exceptionally strong . . . firm characterization . . .
A striking tale."
In Chess Hanrahan, Cline has created
a man of thought and action,
"a thinking man's Mike Hammer"
who finds that beneath every crime
lies a deadly idea.
Edward Cline's non-fiction
has appeared in The Wall Street Journal
and many other publications.
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* Starred Review: Booklist
"Chess Hanrahan, the book-loving New York City
gumshoe who's prone to tunnel vision when something
gets under his skin, deserves a much wider readership. . . .
"Hanrahan is a great character, a guy who values literature,
loves movies, despises stupidity and duplicity, and, when
he gets working on a puzzle, absolutely will not stop
until he's solved it.
"Fans of detective fiction . . . will love this novel--
and all of Cline's work."
David Pitt, Booklist May 2011
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Chess Hanrahan is back in a challenging new novel.
It's 1987 and a cabal of social scientists are shaping
American thought, while Soviet agents make a grab
for an obscure computer company. When a woman
working undercover is murdered, the FBI is ordered
to keep "hands off" the politically charged case.
Enter Chess Hanrahan, a
"thinking man's Mike Hammer."
Chess doesn't like dictatorships, or social theorists,
or devious intellectuals. (He's not sure about a sexy
short-story writer who has dropped into his life.)
The Russians and their friends are about to run smack into
a private detective who uses both his mind and his fists.
Because Hanrahan knows the cold truth:
Ideas can kill.
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PRESENCE OF MIND
TRADE PAPERBACK 198 PAGES $14.95 ISBN: 978-0-9825157-0-9
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FIRST PRIZE
Edward Cline
With a new preface by the author.
A brilliant novelist wins
a literary award and disappears.
Private investigator Chess Hanrahan, a "thinking
man's Mike Hammer" who reads books and people,
turns up more than murder in this sharp-edged,
provocative tale by the author of the
popular Sparrowhawk series.
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"Exceptionally strong . . . firm characterization . . .
A striking tale."
Allen J. Hubin The Armchair Detective
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198 pages. $11.95
ISBN: 978-0-9825157-7-8
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