A Dark Time Dennis E Bradford 9780979931291 Books
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A Dark Time, by Dr. Dennis Bradford is entertaining and puzzling. It start kind of slow, like a boxer tasting the water before the fight, but then it picks up and moves along quite well. Bradford creates a few characters and a potentially good plot. Of course your reaction to a plot is totally a personal thing. One likes to be pushed in his or her imagination while others like to the thinking by themselves and do not like too much information on the writer's part. So I believe you will like the story if you an engaging story and this is one that engages. However if you do not have patience or time you will not be able to really enjoy a good story like this one.A young lady, who is a university student suddenly disappears and her worried grandfather hire her university professor to find here, for a fee of course. So the good professor goes on interviewing most family members and the local sheriff in an attempt to find some clues that would help him to follow the right direction. He follow the right path alright, but I am not telling you anything else or you will despise me for doing so; it is better that you find out by yourself. Go ahead and enjoy the book...
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A Dark Time Dennis E Bradford 9780979931291 Books Reviews
Not having read anything previously by this author I decided to give this a try considering the reviews it has received.
And I was certainly not dis-appointed. This is an excellent suspenseful thriller, well written with rounded characters. And unlike a lot of books I've read recently the ending was certainly a surprise.
This book comes recommended - you will not regret it.
Now here's a book that's tough to put down. Fabulous story!! The characters had so much depth that I thought about each of them long after I finished the book. Easily the most thought provoking novel I've ever read. And as anyone who reads literature is likely to recognize, the author tips his hat to Shakespeare's Hamlet by using the first and last lines from the play as the first and last lines of this story. That also works as a signal on how to read the story. Hamlet, who was notoriously indecisive, finally does what needs to be done. Max. the protagonist of "A Dark Time", despite similar hesitation, also does what he thinks needs to be done.
I started reading A Dark Time in much the same way I approach all independently published novels these days with lots of trepidation, some curiosity, and just a bit of optimism. I'm happy to report that Dennis Bradford did not disappoint me. A Dark Time was a unique murder mystery that did not go in the direction I was expecting.
Max Stefansson is a college history professor who is approached one day by a man with a strange request his granddaughter is missing and he wants Max to find her. Elizabeth Brandt was a student in one of Max's classes, and although he has no experience in detective work, Max agrees, for a fee, to try to locate Liz. After interviewing several family members and checking in with the local sheriff, he borrows a friend's retired police dog and searches the land around the horse stables where Liz spent most of her time riding. With very little effort, he manages to locate her body. What follows is a tense and surprising account of what happened to Elizabeth Brandt, as Max uncovers family secrets, falls in love with a member of the Brandt family, and battles his own demons on the road to justice.
Aside from the stellar writing, what I really loved about this book was its intelligence. Bradford is a Ph.D. and has a Wellness Consulting business and integrates his thoughtful philosophies into his story. His characters are just as smart as he is, and it was a pleasure reading about people who actually have stimulating conversations. Two of my favorite characters were Will and Ann, a couple that live in the same apartment building as Max (The three of them are co-owners of the building.) Will smokes a pipe twice a day and they routinely listen to classical music. When Max questions the family members for clues that might lead to the truth, he meets Liz's aunt Irene, a stunner of a woman who also happens to possess intelligence as well as beauty. She speaks Greek and knows that Wagner is the music on the CD player. Their relationship didn't do much to move the story along, but I felt it was a nice layer that added depth to Max's character.
Another favorite character of mine was Laura, Liz's precocious and worldly teenage sister. Early in the story, Max picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be Laura, and even though he tries to scare her by explaining how dangerous hitchhiking is, Laura blithely ignores him. He later meets her again at the Brandt house, and she becomes one of his biggest motivations for seeking justice at the end of the book.
Bradford's got bad guys in his story as well. The worst of the lot is Liz and Laura's father Brian, a horrifying individual who has secrets aplenty and is a key player in one of the book's most shocking chapters. Max follows a hunch and sets up a meeting with Brian to discuss real estate, which they both have in common, then handily sets a trap to make sure his hunch is correct. Without giving too much away, I can tell you that Brian is someone you wouldn't want to spend time with, especially if you are female.
Max himself is an interesting and unusual character. He is clearly a man who believes in doing good and being honest, but some of his actions are puzzling. He owns and carries a gun, and he seems well-versed in forensics and basic detective work, which both seem uncharacteristic for a college professor. But although he has a long conversation with Irene about right versus wrong (which I admit, I skimmed because it didn't really move the story forward), he is a man with a strong sense of justice who believes he is doing the right thing, and he proves by the end of the book to have the desire to carry out some pretty shaky plans to keep his friends safe.
A Dark Time is not your typical murder mystery, and it's not your typical indie book either. Filled with atmosphere, a well-defined sense of time and place, interesting and uncommon characters and enough tension and surprises to keep the pages turning, I highly recommend Bradford's debut novel.
Many thanks to the author for supplying a review copy.
I enjoyed this book because it takes a different tack from other mysteries. It provkes more thought and cognitive imagination. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the mystery genre. The author did a fine job and it is a book that is hard to put down.
This is a real suspense filled story of a college girl who randomly disapeared. While on the search for her, there were some ironic discoveries. A strong resemblence to Hamlet. This is a real thought provoking book. Beware, once you pick this up, you won't want to put it down.
I don't actually read a great deal but did so for this based on others' review comments. I found myself absorbed in this book, like staying up to 330am reading it. I couldn't put it down until finished it. Bradford's writing style exudes "class", while still maintaining reality in it's imagery and conversation. A good read as they say.
This is a great book, well written and well rounded characters. I love to read thrillers and I've read a lot of them so far, but I must say that this was the best in the last couple of years. If you like to be detective as me, then this book, A dark time, is the right book for you. But don't start reading late in the evening, because you won't be able to leave it until you finish.
Highly recommended - waiting for other stories by Dennis Bradford.
A Dark Time, by Dr. Dennis Bradford is entertaining and puzzling. It start kind of slow, like a boxer tasting the water before the fight, but then it picks up and moves along quite well. Bradford creates a few characters and a potentially good plot. Of course your reaction to a plot is totally a personal thing. One likes to be pushed in his or her imagination while others like to the thinking by themselves and do not like too much information on the writer's part. So I believe you will like the story if you an engaging story and this is one that engages. However if you do not have patience or time you will not be able to really enjoy a good story like this one.
A young lady, who is a university student suddenly disappears and her worried grandfather hire her university professor to find here, for a fee of course. So the good professor goes on interviewing most family members and the local sheriff in an attempt to find some clues that would help him to follow the right direction. He follow the right path alright, but I am not telling you anything else or you will despise me for doing so; it is better that you find out by yourself. Go ahead and enjoy the book...
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