Bones of the Barbary Coast, Daniel Hecht
Bones of the Barbary Coast, Daniel Hecht
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Bones of the Barbary Coast
A Cree Black Novel

Author: Daniel Hecht

Narrator: Anna Fields

Unabridged: 14 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006


Synopsis

Cree is asked to help investigate a recently unearthed human skeletonapparently a victim of the 1906 San Francicso earthquakewhose anatomical deformities have earned it the nickname Wolfman. Her research is illuminated by the 1889 diary of Lydia Schweitzer, a Victorian woman with her own secrets.

About Daniel Hecht

Daniel Hecht was a professional guitarist for twenty years. He took up writing in 1989 and received his MFA degree from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1992. His first novel, Skull Session, was a bestseller. He lives in Montpelier, Vermont.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jen

It usually takes me 7-10 days to finish a book. This one took me nearly a month because it was kind of boring. The hook that made me check it out from the library doesn’t even get explained. So annoying. I did enjoy the idea of a journal from the past, but I don’t know if the author has ever kept or......more

I had enjoyed this book until Chapter 17 when the whole werewolf thing went from being just a nickname for the victim to some sort of serious werewolf theory between the characters. It got to be too unbelievable and the characters got wooden. Not wasting anymore of my time with this one. Sorry.......more