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" . . . For a first-time novelist, Wyle demonstrates a breezy style, a flair for drawing vivid and memorable characters with just a few deft strokes, and a genuine ability to present complicated information in terms a dummy like me can almost understand . . . (the author) obviously has a fondness for the nuances of conversation and gesture typically found in British mysteries of the classical tradition. . . . That's okay, we don't mind a little Agatha Christie mixed in with our tougher American cousin of the genre . . . but his style is accessible . . . and the ending delivers the required dosage of tension and action . . . an interesting read and a promising debut for Dirk Wyle in the genre." -- Joe Lofgreen, Internet Reviewer". . . amazed at the author's ability to create tension, introduce a little love-making along the way, and tell a good mystery story at the same time.
About the Author
Dirk Wyle's mystery-thrillers play out against an authentically rendered backdrop of biomedical science. His stories are informed by a long scientific career that included a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, postdoctoral work in Germany and service as a medical school professor in Miami ("Google" Duncan H. Haynes). He conducted research in abnormal blood coagulation and drug delivery and invented a drug microencapsulation technology (searchable at www.uspto.gov) which led to the founding of three companies employing approximately 65 people. Countless story ideas came as a byproduct of that quest, and eventual commercial success gave him leeway to create the Ben Candidi mystery-thriller series. Believing there are no stone walls separating the realms of popular science, serious literature, formal mystery and cliff-handing suspense, Dirk Wyle has created stories that play out in all four arenas. Protagonist Ben accepts "straightforward scientific" projects which quickly turn perplexing, mysterious and then sinister. With the help of fiancee Rebecca Levis, world health physician, Ben solves the mystery just before the bad guys (and gals) strike back. Like his protagonists Ben and Rebecca, Dirk Wyle does not regard work and play as necessarily separate activities. He enjoys researching the books' exotic locations, which include the waters of South Florida, the Bahamas and the Brazilian Amazon.
