First edition (publ. Forge Books)

Denial is a mystery novel written by Stuart M. Kaminsky,[1] a Grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America.[2] It is a Lew Fonesca mystery[1] and was released July 8, 2005.

Plot

This novel has two mysteries.

Lew, a process server and an occasional amateur detective,[3] is investigating two separate cases. The first involves a nursing home resident who asks him to prove that a murder has occurred in the facility because no one will believe her. He searches for a hit-and-run driver who killed a 14 year old boy in the second. This investigation reignites the anguish he feels over losing his wife the same way and it sends him into despair.[1][4]

Main characters

  • Lewis Fonesca - amateur sleuth
  • Ann Horowitz - psychologist and friend of Lew
  • Nancy Root - mother of Kyle McClory
  • Kyle McClory - victim of the hit-and-run driver, John Welles
  • John Wellington Welles - hit-and -run driver who ran over Kyle
  • Dorothy Cgnozic - old woman who says she saw someone murdered in the Seaside Assisted Living
  • Vivian Pastor - the one who was murdered by her daughter-in-law, Alberta Pastor
  • Alberta Pastor - murderer of Vivian Pastor
  • Georgia Cubbins - mother of Alberta who will confess what her daughter did to Vivian
  • Ames McKinney - older friend and guardian of Lewis who helped him in his expedition

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Denial: A Lew Fonesca Mystery". Publishers Weekly. 9 May 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "MWA Grand Masters – Mystery Writers of America". Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Always Say Goodbye: A Lew Fonesca Mystery". Publishers Weekly. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Denial". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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