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    The Crime of Julian Wells
    The Crime of Julian Wells
    The Crime of Julian Wells
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    The Crime of Julian Wells

    Written by Thomas H. Cook

    Narrated by Traber Burns

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    When the body of famed true-crime writer Julian Wells is found in a boat drifting on a Montauk pond, the question isn#8217;t how he died, but why. The death looks like an obvious suicide, but why would Wells take his own life? And was this his only crime? Wells#8217; best friend, Philip Anders, wants to know more. His first clue is an Argentinean crime, which may have been Wells#8217; last book idea. As Anders gathers the missing parts of Wells#8217; life, the man he knew-or thought he knew-becomes increasingly obscured, and the ever-deepening puzzle threatens to consume him entirely. #160;#160;A mystery of identity, or assumed identity, The Crime of Julian Wells spans four decades and traverses three continents. Richly plotted, brilliantly told, it#8217;s a voyage into the depth and darkness of a man#8217;s heart.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateAug 14, 2012
    ISBN9781611747461
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    Thomas H. Cook

    Thomas H. Cook is the author of twenty-three books, including The Chatham School Affair, which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel, and, most recently, The Last Talk with Lola Faye.

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    • 2/5
      Well written but you knew from the beginning that it was going to have a tragic ending, and it did.
    • 4/5
      The Crime of Julian Wells is an absorbing read and I truly enjoyed this introduction to Cook's work. Cook masterfully weaves elements of Julian's past, his fervent belief that a father is the most important element in a child's life into a compelling and tense narrative that makes you consider the many angles from which Julian made such a spectacular misstep as the one that would cause him to take his own life. The novel is smartly written, and is a clever mixing of the history of infamous serial killers, the enigmatic nature of friendship and the fragile balance in maintaining dearly held beliefs. Phillip's examination into his friend's whereabouts and deeds also cause him to examine his own belief about friendship and hindsight cruelly illuminates his failures, far more than his successes.
    • 5/5
      I am a Thomas H. Cook fan, ever since I purchased a copy of The Chatham School Affair while in Cape Cod. Mr. Cook is a Cape Cod resident and I was searching for a local author. I find his books literary, ethereal and different. And that can certainly be said for The Crime of Julian Wells.Julian Wells is an author of books about horrific crimes. For instance, Andrei Chikatilo was a Soviet serial killer who confessed to 56 murders between 1978 and 1990. However, Julian doesn't write about the killers so much as the victims and the feelings they might have had as their fate became apparent...the feelings of fear and deceit as the killer lured them to their torment. After Julian is found dead by his sister, Loretta, in a rowboat in the middle of a pond on their Montauk estate, his wrists slit, his best friend, Philip wonders what he could have done or said to change the outcome.As he reviews Julian's books in order prepare the eulogy, he notes the dedication in his first book is to Philip himself, "To Philip, sole witness to my crime." This begins to make Philip wonder what that crime might have been. As he reminisces about their lives, Philip wonders whether, indeed, he knew his best friend at all.Cook takes us on a journey of discovery as Philip relives their times together, travels to meet Julian's contacts and unravels the mystery. It is the manner that Cook uses to weave his story, the use of words, the back and forth between now and then that hooks you and keeps you. You have no idea what the end will be and when you get there, you wonder whether it is the end or Cook has just added another hook for you.The Crime of Julian Wells is a worthy addition to the bibliography of Thomas H. Cook and a worthy read for mystery lovers and lovers of books with the proper words in exactly the proper place.
    • 4/5
      The city of Aurora, close to where I live used to have a literary festival in the summer, and I had the fortunate chance of going along with two of my very good friends, to see Thomas Cook on a panel of mystery writers. He was entertaining and a very smart sounding man. This book was at times difficult to read, while most of the action is of the inner kind, the book also related many of the most notorious killers of history and some of their notorious crimes. Julian rows out to the middle of the lake, killing himself and leaving his best friend and sister wondering why. Their fervent need to understand the state of Julian's mind, the friend at first alone and than the sister joining him, set out to retrace Julian's steps. Since he was a writer of true crime that focused on some of the most notorious of killers, this takes them to many different countries. For Julian it wasn't just the evil in people but the disguises they assumed to commit the acts, that was his focus. This is a literary rendering of the betrayal and the darkness that can consume a man's mind and lead him to commit the ultimate act of desperation. It is a puzzle that needs to be assembled and in doing so takes the reader to the many countries that harbored men who undertook the most horrific acts, from Chile to Germany and beyond. Highly recommend this excellently plotted and brilliantly paced book.