CARL BROOKINS
Brookins is a Minnesota native who worked in
public television for fifteen years. Now retired from
a university in St. Paul, he and his wife have sailed
in many venues, from Australia to the Caribbean.
INNER PASSAGES By Carl Brookins ISBN 978-1929976010 * 262 Pages
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A mystery adventure about love, loss, murder and
redemption. It is set against the spectacular mountains
of British Columbia on the waters of the Inside Passage
between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Seattle
executive Michael Tanner sails with his wife and a friend
to Desolation Sound on a cruise that quickly turns tragic.
A SUPERIOR MYSTERY By Carl Brookins ISBN 978-1929976171 * 302 Pages
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The second Tanner ecological mystery (see the vividly
descriptive INNER PASSAGES) is a superb who-done-it
starring a delightfully reluctant hero. The story line is
straightforward in terms of the modern day shenanigans
though the use of flashbacks interspersed throughout the
novel brings 1890s Wisconsin to life inside a murder subplot.
Carl Brookins does not beat around the bush as he targets a
college graduate save the environment audience with this
well written, picturesque novel that lucidity uses a murder
theme to render a strong ecological message.
OLD SILVER By Carl Brookins ISBN 978-1929976324 * 259 Pages
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A misplaced letter, a brass engine plate and an unplanned
murder launch Tanner and Mary Whitney into their third
adventure. Old Silver takes place on and under the icy
waters of Lake Superior, in the corporate halls of Duluth,
and in the brawling streets of Chicago, at the dawn of the
Twentieth Century.