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Book Nook: Sunrise Highway, by Peter Blauner

Peter Blauner returned to the program to discuss his second book in a series that features an NYPD detective named Lourdes Robles. Robles is an unlikely law officer, she has had a difficult past, her father is serving time in prison. Fortunately for Lourdes she has had a great mentor named Sully who we met in the first book "Proving Ground." Sully is retired now but Lourdes has maintained that relationship and as this book reaches a stunning conclusion Sully is very much involved in the ultimate result.

"Sunrise Highway" is a police procedural that gives readers a rather unique perspective on tracking down a serial killer who has been operating for decades on Long Island without really causing law enforcement to react or for that matter to even admit that there was a serial killer actively murdering women right under their noses.

Lourdes encounters significant resistance from the police on Long Island. Blauner gives us a police procedural from the serial killer's viewpoint and that aspect of the story is an absolute stunner. Wow, I loved this story. There's a twist at the end that might knock you right off of your sofa.

The Book Nook on WYSO is presented by the Greene County Public Library with additional support from Washington-Centerville Public Library,  Clark County Public LibraryDayton Metro LibraryWright Memorial Public Library, and Microsun Lamps.

Vick Mickunas introduced the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994. Over the years he has produced more than 1500 interviews with writers, musicians, poets, politicians, and celebrities. Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them. Vick Mickunas reviews books for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News Sun.