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Summary: Dark but exciting police procedural
Review: Craig Lenzati and Brooks Werberg were two nerdy individuals who worked in their garage trying to develop a dot.com company. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams and sold their company for billions of dollars. They opened up another company that worked on cutting edge technology, especially artificial intelligence. Chicago detectives Paul Turner and his partner Buck Fenwick are called out to Craig�s home. Someone murdered Craig using a large sharp knife with blood splattered everywhere. The killer struck him many times with the weapon before Craig died. The detectives also think the perpetrator urinated on the victim before he left. A few days later, the exact same thing happened to Brooks. The police believe they are dealing with an angry serial killer. As they dig into the victims� lives, the genteel veneer crumbles to reveal two oversexed powerful males playing games that made a lot of people angry. Paul and Buck have more suspects than a duck has feathers. SEX AND MURDER.COM is an exciting very dark police procedural that shows the reader the mindset of a police officer during a heinous investigation. The plot is fast moving and action packed, but turns quite graphic concerning the crime scenes. It is fascinating to read about a police investigation that demonstrates the usually slow pace of the puzzle pieces coming together. Mark Richard Zubro will surely receive a Lambda nomination if not the award for this engaging work. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Dark but exciting police procedural
Review: Craig Lenzati and Brooks Werberg were two nerdy individuals who worked in their garage trying to develop a dot.com company. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams and sold their company for billions of dollars. They opened up another company that worked on cutting edge technology, especially artificial intelligence. Chicago detectives Paul Turner and his partner Buck Fenwick are called out to Craig's home. Someone murdered Craig using a large sharp knife with blood splattered everywhere. The killer struck him many times with the weapon before Craig died. The detectives also think the perpetrator urinated on the victim before he left. A few days later, the exact same thing happened to Brooks. The police believe they are dealing with an angry serial killer. As they dig into the victims' lives, the genteel veneer crumbles to reveal two oversexed powerful males playing games that made a lot of people angry. Paul and Buck have more suspects than a duck has feathers. SEX AND MURDER.COM is an exciting very dark police procedural that shows the reader the mindset of a police officer during a heinous investigation. The plot is fast moving and action packed, but turns quite graphic concerning the crime scenes. It is fascinating to read about a police investigation that demonstrates the usually slow pace of the puzzle pieces coming together. Mark Richard Zubro will surely receive a Lambda nomination if not the award for this engaging work. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST IN THE PAUL TURNER SERIES
Review: Far be it from me to disagree with Publisher's Weekly, but I thought MrZ did an outstanding job with his latest entry in the Paul Turner mystery series. I couldn't put it down and I finished it two days! That's what I call an action page-turner. Paul and his partner, Buck Fenwick, are faced with figuring out the murder of Chicago's version of the wealthy and powerful computer genius. As they investigate the victim's death and life, the murders continue and the crime becomes more perverse and sexually sordid. Then to complicate matters, a serial killer appears to be working his way west eliminating top police detectives. Chicago is his next stop and Turner and Fenwick are prime candidates for becoming his next victim. Oh, and by the way, his M.O. just happens to be the same as that used in the computer murders. Are the two crimes connected? Will Paul and Buck find the killer/killers before he/she/they find them? If you're like me it won't take a lot of time to discover the answer. I stayed up until 2:30 doing that, and I had the serial killer narrowed done to two characters. Fortunately and/or unfortunately, the domestic details of Paul's life are at a bare minimum this time. The kids are becoming just too perfect -- all nice and goody-goody. I think the next book will be time for Jeff to show his bad boy side. Sure I know he's the one in the wheelchair, but that would be the unexpected twist! And for all you Buck Fenwick fans, his gallows humor and macabre wisecracks are at their groaning and enjoyable worst!
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Summary: Another great Zubro Mystery
Review: Great Mystery....Mark Zubro has done it again! Paul Ben his 2 children Mrs. Talucci even his partner all came to life again in another ongoing Turner mystery...thank-you Mr. Zubro for continuing this series
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Summary: Good Read, Bad Mystery.
Review: The book was a compelling read for chapter to chapter, but at the end you feel cheated. While it makes an interesting Fiction, it did not have the makings of a good Mystery. The solution was rushed in the last two chapters of the book. Nowhere were clues during the read that could lead even a careful, experienced Mystery reader to try and even speculate on who did it. For me, half the fun is trying to deduce the murderer(s) before the author reveals it. There are clues dropped as to why it happened, but you'll just flat be told who it is at the end. You just sort of plod along, hoping to find something to bite on and BAM the author spills his guts in the last chapters. The author did a great job running a second plot along; although it suffered the same clueless, fast wrap up. The characters that did do it were really underdeveloped. If they were better developed, and some clues dropped along the way, this would be an amazing Mystery book. It is, however, a damn good book for specifically [weak] content. A good book, not a good Mystery.
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Summary: Good Read, Bad Mystery.
Review: The book was a compelling read for chapter to chapter, but at the end you feel cheated. While it makes an interesting Fiction, it did not have the makings of a good Mystery. The solution was rushed in the last two chapters of the book. Nowhere were clues during the read that could lead even a careful, experienced Mystery reader to try and even speculate on who did it. For me, half the fun is trying to deduce the murderer(s) before the author reveals it. There are clues dropped as to why it happened, but you'll just flat be told who it is at the end. You just sort of plod along, hoping to find something to bite on and BAM the author spills his guts in the last chapters. The author did a great job running a second plot along; although it suffered the same clueless, fast wrap up. The characters that did do it were really underdeveloped. If they were better developed, and some clues dropped along the way, this would be an amazing Mystery book. It is, however, a damn good book for specifically [weak] content. A good book, not a good Mystery.
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Summary: I miss Tom and Scott
Review: This was a good read and an interesting plot, but I wish Zubro would bring back Tom and Scott and their loving relationship. And Fenwick's banter gets awfully tiresome after a while. Not enough about Paul's home life and relationship with Ben. When I read a gay mystery I want more gayness in it. Oh well, will keep buying them.
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Summary: I miss Tom and Scott
Review: This was a good read and an interesting plot, but I wish Zubro would bring back Tom and Scott and their loving relationship. And Fenwick's banter gets awfully tiresome after a while. Not enough about Paul's home life and relationship with Ben. When I read a gay mystery I want more gayness in it. Oh well, will keep buying them.
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Summary: Kept me rivited to my seat!!!
Review: This was an very well written mystery novel! I fully enjoyed the suspense that was driven into this book. Being in the technology industry myself the references to computers and technology was great! It fully added to the suspense! The gist of the book is Chicago homicide detectives Paul Turner (who is gay) and Buck Fenwick (who is straight), in their investigation into murder of Internet tycoon Craig Lenzati, stabbed over hundreds of times in his security-laden apartment. When Lenzati's partner Brooks Werberg is killed and parts of his place smashed into smithereens, the pressure is put on from the Mayor's office. But these dot-com boys' nack for putting aggressive little startup companies into trouble, and possibly even bankruptcy by stealing their ideas had won them a great deal of enemies. What could possibly make this story even better? How about a secret storehouse of theirs filled with names, addresses, and tapes of the boys' sexual misconduct? In fact as it turns out, Lenzati and Werberg had enjoyed an ongoing sexual-conquest game, their preferred prey heterosexual couples, including a pair who'd been suing them and another pair who'd been working for them. A freelance "cracker" (a computer whiz who breaks into and paralyzes systems) employed by the boys will die, and Paul will receive boxes of chocolates and scary e-mail from a serial killer targeting police detectives all along Interstate 90. Before Chicago finally settles down and Paul can reassure his son Brian of his safety and fall into the arms of his lover Ben. Brittle but funny dialogue between Paul and Buck; tender moments between Paul and Brian; sentimental relationship shows between Paul and Ben. I personally would have liked a bit more drama at the point of the different confessions, but it did not distract from this book in any way. You need to read this book... !!!
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Summary: Kept me rivited to my seat!!!
Review: This was an very well written mystery novel! I fully enjoyed the suspense that was driven into this book. Being in the technology industry myself the references to computers and technology was great! It fully added to the suspense! The gist of the book is Chicago homicide detectives Paul Turner (who is gay) and Buck Fenwick (who is straight), in their investigation into murder of Internet tycoon Craig Lenzati, stabbed over hundreds of times in his security-laden apartment. When Lenzati's partner Brooks Werberg is killed and parts of his place smashed into smithereens, the pressure is put on from the Mayor's office. But these dot-com boys' nack for putting aggressive little startup companies into trouble, and possibly even bankruptcy by stealing their ideas had won them a great deal of enemies. What could possibly make this story even better? How about a secret storehouse of theirs filled with names, addresses, and tapes of the boys' sexual misconduct? In fact as it turns out, Lenzati and Werberg had enjoyed an ongoing sexual-conquest game, their preferred prey heterosexual couples, including a pair who'd been suing them and another pair who'd been working for them. A freelance "cracker" (a computer whiz who breaks into and paralyzes systems) employed by the boys will die, and Paul will receive boxes of chocolates and scary e-mail from a serial killer targeting police detectives all along Interstate 90. Before Chicago finally settles down and Paul can reassure his son Brian of his safety and fall into the arms of his lover Ben. Brittle but funny dialogue between Paul and Buck; tender moments between Paul and Brian; sentimental relationship shows between Paul and Ben. I personally would have liked a bit more drama at the point of the different confessions, but it did not distract from this book in any way. You need to read this book... !!!
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