Blackmans Coffin, Mark de Castrique
Blackmans Coffin, Mark de Castrique
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Blackmans Coffin
A Sam Blackman Mystery

Author: Mark de Castrique

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/10/2008

Synopsis

Sam Blackman is an angry man. A Chief Warrant Officer in the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the U.S. military, he lost a leg in Iraq, and has been outspoken in his criticism of his medical treatment. Then, exmarine and fellow amputee Tikima Robertson walks into his hospital room and hints that she has an opportunity for Sam to use his investigative skillsif he can stop feeling sorry for himself. But before she can return, Tikima is murdered, her body found floating in the river. A journal found in Tikimas apartment, dated to 1919 and written by a twelveyearold boy, reveals a ninetyyearold crime that foreshadows Tikimas deaththe murder of her greatgreatgrandfather, Elijah, whose body was also found in the French Broad River. Sam must delve into Ashevilles rich history to uncover the murderous truth.

About Mark De Castrique

Mark de Castrique is the author of the Sam Blackman series as well as several other novels and series. He's a veteran of the television- and film-production industry, has served as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte teaching The American Mystery, and is a frequent speaker and workshop leader. He and his wife, Linda, live in North Carolina, where he grew up and has set many of his novels. For more information, visit MarkDeCastrique.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on November 27, 2019

A surprisingly good mystery with excellent characters. It's nice having one with a disability & the attention paid to it. The historical aspect of the Biltmore estate & Thomas Wolf when the mystery really begins was intriguing, too. Who could be trusted kept the tension up perfectly. It certainly wa......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on October 21, 2024

I loved Mark de Castrique’s Secret Lives and Dangerous Women so, so much, so I had to read Blackman’s Coffin, the first in a different series by Castrique, this one featuring one-legged Iraq War veteran Sam Blackman. (That and needing a book from North Carolina for a reading challenge, LOL!) The nove......more

Goodreads review by Katharine on May 31, 2018

"Blackman's Coffin" - written by Mark De Castrique and published in 2008 by Poisoned Pen Press. "Every cop likes the bonus of solving a cold case and Elijah's eighty-eight-year-old murder was positively frigid." This book and I just got off on the wrong foot somehow and we never really made a connec......more

Goodreads review by Susan on April 18, 2018

Sam Blackman left a leg behind in Iraq, and is recuperating at the VA hospital in Asheville when he's visited by another vet who lost an arm, and who promises him help in finding a job. When she never returns, he finds that she's been murdered, and is enlisted by her sister Nakayla, who's found his......more

Goodreads review by Anita on February 06, 2018

Easy read. Started out good but became tedious and improbable halfway through.......more

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