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During a long winter and short, chilly spring, a series of disturbing incidents rock the small resort island of Nantucket. A Land Bank executive dies in a suspicious hunting accident, a prominent local family's historic summer cottage burns down in an arson fire, and a teenage girl lies comatose from a drug overdose. When spring turns to summer and the tourists flood the island, the mysterious cycle of violence spins faster. A young Jamaican boy is found dead in the harbor, a sex-for-drugs pornography ring is exposed, and a beloved local hero is murdered in cold blood. Could all of these events be part of the same sinister conspiracy? Poetry-writing Police Chief Henry Kennis, back for his third case in NANTUCKET GRAND by Steven Axelrod, doubts it. But his new girlfriend, Jane Stiles, an author of cozy mysteries, is certain that all these terrible events are connected.



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Steven Axelrod

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.



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