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Henry Kennis, Nantucket island's poetry-writing police chief who will remind readers of Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone and Spenser, works a second challenging case in Nantucket Five-spot. At the height of the summer tourist season, a threat to bomb the annual Boston Pops Concert could destroy the island's economy, along with its cachet as a safe, if mostly summer-time, haven for America's ruling class. The threat of terrorism brings The Department of Homeland Security to the island, along with prospects for a rekindled love affair -- Henry's lost love works for the DHS now. The "terrorism" aspects of the attack prove to be a red herring. The truth lies much closer to home. At first suspicion falls on local carpenter Billy Delavane, but Henry investigates the case and proves that Billy is being framed.
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Steven Axelrod was born in New York City and raised in Manhattan and Beverly Hills. He grew up in the movie business watching his father, screenwriter and playwright George Axelrod, work on films like "The Manchurian Candidate' and "Breakfast at Tiffany's". After a wasted youth pitching and rewriting screenplays, Mr. Axelrod remains member of the WGAw, and holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College. Poisoned Pen Press will be kicking off his Henry Kennis Nantucket mystery series in January, with Nantucket Sawbuck. The second installment,Nantucket Five-Spot, is scheduled for 2015. He's also publishing his dark noir thriller Heat of the Moment next year, with Gutter Books. Two excerpts from that novel have appeared in the most recent issues of "BigPulp" and "PulpModern" magazines. Newly elevated to the masthead at Canadian author Douglas Glover's on-line arts journal "Numero Cinq", his most recent articles include a review of Dave Eggers' new novel The Circle, and a multi-media biographical essay about his father. Steven's blogs often at ThreGoodmenProject and occasionally at Salon.com. A father of two, he lives on Nantucket Island where he writes novels and paints houses, often at the same time, much to the annoyance of his customers.
