Denial (novel) explained
Denial is a 2005 mystery novel by American writer Stuart M. Kaminsky,[1] [2] [3] a Grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America.[4] It is a Lew Fonesca mystery.
Plot
This novel has two mysteries.
Lew, a process server and an occasional amateur detective,[5] is investigating two separate cases. The first involves a nursing home resident who asks him to prove that a murder has occurred in the facility because no one will believe her. He searches for a hit-and-run driver who killed a 14 year old boy in the second. This investigation reignites the anguish he feels over losing his wife the same way and it sends him into despair.
Main characters
- Lewis Fonesca - amateur sleuth
- Ann Horowitz - psychologist and friend of Lew
- Nancy Root - mother of Kyle McClory
- Kyle McClory - victim of the hit-and-run driver, John Welles
- John Wellington Welles - hit-and -run driver who ran over Kyle
- Dorothy Cgnozic - old woman who says she saw someone murdered in the Seaside Assisted Living
- Vivian Pastor - the one who was murdered by her daughter-in-law, Alberta Pastor
- Alberta Pastor - murderer of Vivian Pastor
- Georgia Cubbins - mother of Alberta who will confess what her daughter did to Vivian
- Ames McKinney - older friend and guardian of Lewis who helped him in his expedition
Notes and References
- Web site: 9 May 2005 . Denial: A Lew Fonesca Mystery . 13 January 2024 . . January 13, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240113185912/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780765311658 . live .
- Web site: 21 April 2015 . Denial . 17 January 2024 . . January 17, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240117005636/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/stuart-m-kaminsky/denial-4/ . live .
- Web site: 2005-05-01 . Denial . subscription . 2024-08-28 . Booklist.
- Web site: MWA Grand Masters – Mystery Writers of America . Mystery Writers of America . 13 January 2024.
- Web site: Always Say Goodbye: A Lew Fonesca Mystery . Publishers Weekly . 13 January 2024 . 2 October 2006 . January 13, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240113194449/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780765316011 . live .
