The Edison Effect, Bernadette Pajer
The Edison Effect, Bernadette Pajer
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The Edison Effect
A Professor Bradshaw Mystery

Author: Bernadette Pajer

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2014


Synopsis

When Thomas Alva Edison asks for information, most feel compelled to give it. Not University of Washington professor Benjamin Bradshaw. Not when the question concerns a device conceived in anger and harnessed for murder. Bradshaw hopes the mysterious invention remains lost in Elliott Bay, eluding the search of deep-sea divers. But when, on a cold December morning in 1903, an electrician is found dead in the men's wear window of Seattle's Bon March├® clutching a festoon of Edison's holiday lights, Bradshaw suspects a dangerous game has been set in motion. Greed, passion, silence? Motives multiply as the dead man's secrets come to light.Bradshaw and his investigative partner Henry Pratt join Seattle police detective James O'Brien to narrow suspects, but Bradshaw's intuition fails him. His heart is elsewhere, his attention distracted by the dilemma of loving a woman he cannot marry without defying his faith. With Christmas fast approaching, the pressure mounts, as does Bradshaw's dread that this will be his first unsolved case. With no other option, he does the unthinkable and prepares to face his greatest fears. Whatever the outcome, there will be no going back.

About Bernadette Pajer

Bernadette Pajer is a Seattle native and graduate of the University of Washington, Bothell. She lives in Monroe, Washington, with her husband and son.

About Malcolm Hillgartner

Malcolm Hillgartner is an accomplished actor, writer, and musician. Named an AudioFile Best Voice of 2013 and the recipient of several Earphones Awards, he has narrated over 250 audiobooks.


Reviews

Goodreads review by The Book Breeze on January 14, 2015

Bernadette Pajer’s historical fiction is filled with known and obscure historical fiction that make reading her Professor Bradshaw series enjoyable. The famous Thomas Alva Edison makes an appearance early in the book and lends substantial tension to the story as it unfolds. I wonder how many people......more

Goodreads review by Emily on October 29, 2015

The fourth Professor Bradshaw Mystery by Bernadette Pajer, "The Edison Effect" continues to be as captivating as the rest. An electrical invention, lost in the first book, returns like Chekhov's gun as it's hotly pursued by Edison and other fortune seekers. At first Bradshaw refuses to assist in the......more

Goodreads review by MartyAnne on August 24, 2014

A dead man in the shop window, killed with a flick of electricity while stringing Thomas Edison's new holiday lights. Professor Bradshaw is at it again: he is in the midst of solving a crime involving electricity. This time actually getting to meet his childhood idol, Thomas Edison. And this means h......more

Goodreads review by Katie on October 12, 2014

I won this book from a good reads giveaway. It is the first book that I have read from Bernadette Pajar, and she has gained a new fan. I love how all the characters seem like actual people, we have all read books and thought " no one is like that", this is not an issue in this book. I also love the......more

Goodreads review by David on August 09, 2014

This is a significant improvement on the last book in the series with a good mystery blended in with some fascinating history of technology. [URL not allowed]......more


Quotes

“In Pajer’s appealing fourth historical, Benjamin Bradshaw, an electrical engineering professor at the University of Washington, tangles with Thomas Edison…This is homely fare in the best sense—solid, comfortable, welcoming but no less winning for it.” Publishers Weekly

“Pajer offers readers a fascinating mix of science and history.” Booklist