Summer Job: A Virgil and Cy Mystery - Softcover

Cross, Phil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595509215 ISBN 13: 9780595509218

Verlag: iUniverse, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Virgil, a fifteen year old loner, fears the voice he hears in his head will cause him to become a psychopath.Just when it seems there is no escape from his other-self, he seizes the opportunity to work on a farm over summer vacation. During those eight weeks he is confronted with two mysteries. The first, in partnership with a recluse, gun toting hermit, to uncover three murders resulting in a suicide. Then, along with a feisty teenage girl who is equally adept with butcher knife or shotgun, to solve the mysterious disappearance of Virgil's co-worker.By summer's end, Virgil has learned to take better advantage of the double-think ability offered by his other-self, and that meaningful relationships beat being a loner.

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Reseña del editor

Virgil, a fifteen year old loner, fears he will become a psychopath if he relinquishes control of his mind to his cantankerous, troublesome, and vexatious other-self. Although he has coped to a better extent since his junior high days, his other-self remains a relentless voice in his head-threatening to takeover his mind-perhaps to the point of him ending up in prison some day. Just when it seems there is no escape from solitary confinement with his other-self, Virgil seizes the opportunity to go off on a farm job over summer vacation. During those eight weeks he is forced into friendships in the course of solving two mysteries-the first, with the recluse gun toting hermit brother of Virgil's employer, to uncover three murders precipitating a suicide-the second, with a feisty teenage girl who brooks no nonsense-showing she is equally adept with butcher knife or shotgun, in the overriding mysterious disappearance of Virgil's co-worker, but are powerless to see justice done. By summer's end, Virgil has learned how to hold sway over his other-self while taking advantage of the second-think ability it was put there for to begin with; and also-that having meaningful relationships with others beats being a loner.

Biografía del autor

In boyhood, P. C. Cross roamed the Hudson County, New Jersey, marshlands and worked as a farmhand and lumberjack in Vermont. Since then: U.S. Navy; five children; retired business executive; and now, three-quarters of a century later, along with his other-self, reminisces about those years.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0595509215
• ISBN 13: 9780595509218
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar