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Andrew Kent is an author who lives in central Massachusetts with his wife, children, and dogs. Kent has two mysteries available through Operation eBook Drop: Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery and The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery. The private investigator at the center of these stories uses metaphors to unravel crimes and stymie villains. As a recent article in the Boston Globe stated, "Metaphors aren’t just how we talk and write, they’re how we think. At some level, we actually do seem to understand temperament as a form of temperature, and we expect people’s personalities to behave accordingly. What’s more, without our body’s instinctive sense for temperature–or position, texture, size, shape, or weight–abstract concepts like kindness and power, difficulty and purpose, and intimacy and importance would simply not make any sense to us." |
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Since people think in metaphors, and language depends on metaphors, the metaphor is where thoughts reveal themselves through words and actions, the perfect material for a detective. Denovo is an ex-military neuroscientist who now had a new identity (real name, John A. Novarro).
The books have been called "masterpiece of deductive challenge, engrossing reading, and engaging entertainment" and "intricate, multi-layered, a mystery that keeps you guessing to the end." (both from ReaderViews, the first for "Spam & Eggs" and the second for "The Green Monster")
The author "puts the writing of very seasoned and famous mystery writers to shame" (Book Friar) and makes reading "an utter delight, as much for the pleasure in the superb writing as for the story itself. Bravo to an author whose originality explodes from the pages." (The Urbane Dame)
More can be found about Andrew's book (and where you can buy printed copies) on his Smashwords Profile Page.
Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery by Andrew KentWhen Johnny's finely honed senses detect codes hidden in spam emails, the puzzling phrases and suggestive metaphors hint at a plot to steal rare and valuable objects. Soon, Johnny learns that something even more sinister is brewing. As he tracks the emails to their source, events explode into an adrenalized, trans-Atlantic race to prevent a geopolitical catastrophe. |
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The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery by Andrew KentWhat Lies Beneath? In this, his second published case, Johnny’s hired by a bio-tech mogul facing a bizarre form of blackmail and a disruptive pattern of corporate espionage. Within hours, Johnny’s drawn into a mirrorscape of secrets and half-truths. He soon discovers a cabal exploiting a venerable Boston landmark as part of an even more sinister plot. Can he defeat the Green Monster? |
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