don't get a lot of reviews at Amazon. Never have figured out how folks get so many. I refuse to ask friends etc. At any rate, here are some I have received -- and a book plug while I'm at it. (Revisions are of Kindle books only, not paperbacks.)
Dead Body In A Small Room ... now Murder at the Black Cat B&B
A screenwriter recovering from cancer in a small Nevada town investigates the apparent suicide of a prostitute in a legal brothel and begins a journey of twists and turns suitable for a Hollywood thriller. Finalist, Mystery of the Year (ForeWord Magazine).
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Dead Body in a Small Room
Interesting story line, fast paced. A good read. I'd read more by this author.
Sodom, Gomorrah & Jones
A short novel. In this dark comedy, a retired history professor struggles to live his last years with dignity in a corrupt world.
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting February 17, 2013By LisselleFormat:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified PurchaseThis book surprised me. It is intelligent, funny, bawdy and real. The protagonist is such a likeable fellow adrift in an America he no longer understands, that one cannot help but root for him.
Later in the story, we realize that much about his life has already eluded the good professor just as the same thought seems to be occurring to him.
I read the story almost at one sitting and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Emmett"s Gift ... now
A Gift Before Dying
On the day after the Bicentennial, the body of an old man is discovered hanging from a tree in a park in Hamartin, a small farming community in central Oregon. A homophobic note is attached to the man's body. The shocking story makes the national news wire. Shandy Anderson, a young artist, hears the story on the morning TV news during her move from Hamartin's small-town boredom to an exciting new life in San Francisco. She knows the old man, Emmett Hale, whose generous gift of money made her escape possible - and who had paid her for sex. But how can he be the victim of a homophobic crime if he isn't a homosexual? And why would he be murdered when everyone in town knew he had terminal cancer? Shandy decides to return home not only for Emmett's funeral but to find out what really happened. EMMETT'S GIFT is a literary novel of suspense, and the story of a young woman's coming of age against the backdrop of small town bigotry and personal sexual experimentation.
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful January 15, 2013
Format:Paperback
This book captivated me from the start to the end. The vicariousness of individuals with different moralities, outlooks on life and ambitions make for a splendidly complex universe through which we are taken. Somehow it reminded me of college and endless days discussing 'character is fate' in english literature; that is not the whole story in Emmett's Gift though, there are emotional layers beyond the obvious.
Love At Ground Zero ... now
Wes & Hayaam
Love At Ground Zero is the multicultural love story of Wes and Hayaam, set against the backdrop of 9/11 and its aftermath.
Format:Paperback
In Love At Ground Zero, novelist, playwright, and teacher Charles Deemer presents a haunting story in the style of Romeo and Juliet about the love between an American boy and an Indonesian Muslim girl during the aftermath of the World Trade Center destruction.
Deemer puts the tale in present tense, occassionally passing cynical asides directed at the reader, making the novel not only a well-written narrative, but a challenging interactive experience.
One not only feels for the star-crossed protagonists, but also sees himself and his prejudices as the families regard one another with fear in light of present situations.
This is a novel which requires a second reading before an analysis can be made. As a rule, Deemer writes deep, moving, complex fiction which challenges the reader to think about himself and his own place in this changing world rather than the escapist shallow stories which purvade (sp?) Popular fiction today.
However, this novel deserves that second reading. And a third. And a fourth.
Definitely something which belongs in classrooms in later years.
Forgive the Father's Day self-indulgence but my children rather demanded it.
