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The Fisher Boy

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by Stephen Anable
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Spiraling off the tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown has long been a place of escape, new beginnings, and diverse communities. Famous as an art colony, known for the Cape Cod School, its gallery scene is vibrant. Gay life is everywhere. Boston comic Mark Winslow has arrived this summer with a group of fellow improv actors ready to break into Provincetown's club circuit. It should be a carefree summer, but currents swirl beneath the sunny surface. Does the tall ship out in the harbor herald an unusually large crowd of Scandinavian tourists? If not, who are the blond and ragged visitors seen everywhere? Then, at a philanthropist's dinner opening the season, Mark gets into a very public fight with the son of local bluebloods—an old school friend. It makes him the prime suspect when the lawyer is later savagely murdered out on the beach. Though he stumbles from the scene, Mark thinks his choice is simple: find the killer or be charged with the crime. The Fisher Boy is Stephen Anable's debut novel.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Mark Winslow Series

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 2, 2024

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781615950010

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781615950010
      • File size: 565 KB

    • Open EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781615950010
      • File size: 390 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from March 3, 2008
      Ingenious plotting and witty prose lift Anable's distinctive debut, set mainly on Cape Cod. Soon after Bostonian Mark Winslow and his comedy improv troupe arrive in Provincetown for the summer season to play the club scene, someone leaves a dead dog on a prominent socialite's doorstep, which may be a veiled warning to the resort's gay population. Meanwhile, members of a homophobic religious sect known as Christian Soldiers flood the town during an exhibition of the work of (fictional) painter Thomas Royall, whose 1916 nude portrait, The Fisher Boy
      , has fascinated Mark since childhood. When Mark's old prep school friend, Ian Drummond, has his throat slashed late one night on a jetty, Mark fears he may be a suspect in the murder because the two had a very public spat at a club shortly before. Mark's search for Ian's killer leads him to a sinister Nordic-style cult at the site of Royall's failed artist colony on the Cape. A profusion of diverting red herrings and a clever twist involving Mark's parentage help keep the suspense high through to the surprising conclusion.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook
  • Open EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

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