The Bone Polisher, Timothy Hallinan
The Bone Polisher, Timothy Hallinan
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The Bone Polisher

Author: Timothy Hallinan

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged: 8 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2015

Synopsis

Edgar and Macavity Award nominee Timothy Hallinan’s Simeon Grist private-eye novels have become cult favorites. This sixth series installment takes place in the West Hollywood of 1995, where the community is shaken by the brutal killing of an older man who was widely loved for his generosity and kindness. In a time when the police were largely indifferent to crimes against gay people, Simeon is hired to catch the murderer—and finds himself up against the most dangerous adversary of his career, a man who kills his victims not once but twice: once physically and once in spirit.With an unforgettable climax and a twist you won’t see coming, The Bone Polisher is a top-notch crime novel from a highly acclaimed author.

About Timothy Hallinan

Timothy Hallinan is the Edgar and Macavity Award–nominated author of over a dozen widely praised books, including the Poke Rafferty Bangkok thrillers and the Junior Bender series. In 2010 he conceived and edited an e-book of original short stories by twenty mystery writers, Shaken: Stories for Japan, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Japanese disaster relief.

About Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka has appeared in many films, including The Dark Knight, Missing, and A Perfect World, and on such television shows as The Equalizer, Angel, Cold Case, Golden Years, and Profit. Szarabajka has also appeared in several episodes of Selected Shorts for National Public Radio. He won the 2001 Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction for his reading of Tom Robbins’s Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates and has won several Earphones Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol on January 01, 2015

Very frightening and occasionally funny mystery/thriller set among the gay scene in Hollywood. Some very quotable quotes, including my favorite: ""Max's bunch won, and look where it's gotten them. The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name has become The Love That Cannot Shut Its Trap."......more

Goodreads review by Glen on January 12, 2018

"The Bone Polisher" is the 6th book in the Simeon Grist series by Timothy Hallinan. Written in 1993, it was the last sighting of the over educated private eye until he was reincarnated by Hallinan in 2017. In my opinion, "The Bone Polisher" was one of the series better stories. The setting was the e......more

Goodreads review by Marie on July 19, 2023

We’ll written and creative narrative......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on January 01, 2013

Enjoy Hallinan's current series, set in Bangkok, with Poke Rafferty; but first met him as an author in his Simeon Grist series, written in the 90s. Books are set in LA - sometimes I wonder how/why all the investigators/police/consultants in LA don't run into one another - . But for this series, the......more

Quotes

“The wit of Hallinan’s previous Simeon outings is still in evidence.” Publishers Weekly

“Hallinan captures the littlest human idiosyncrasies, the most mundane familial interactions, and infuses them with a depth of meaning not usually found in the crime genre. He even manages to do so with a sly grin and a loopy sense of humor. Read his latest as a straightforward detective novel, or read it as a slightly off-kilter philosophical tome, but do yourself a favor and read it!” Booklist

“Simeon’s sixth case is as stylishly rough-hewn as ever.” Kirkus Reviews

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