Fiction

raccoon

(31,111 posts) Tue Dec 11, 2018, 08:06 AM Dec 2018

Listening to a cozy that has a character I think is modeled after the Dotard.

TURKEY TROT MURDER: A LUCY STONE SYSTERY, by Leslie Meier.

The character, Ed Franklin, is a wealthy investor who builds an ostentatious mansion in a small Maine town, uses superlatives a lot, has a carefully coiffed mane of white hair, and complains vehemently about Mexicans bringing drugs into the US.

The book was published in 2017.

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Listening to a cozy that has a character I think is modeled after the Dotard. (Original Post) raccoon Dec 2018 OP

Hmmm. Sounds suspiciously true-to-life! hostalover Dec 2018 #1

No coincidence hermetic Dec 2018 #2

hostalover

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1. Hmmm. Sounds suspiciously true-to-life!

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Tue Dec 11, 2018, 07:20 PM

Dec 2018

hermetic

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2. No coincidence

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Tue Dec 11, 2018, 07:21 PM

Dec 2018

In an interview the author noted that her novels explore current topics that catch her attention. In this book the things that inspired Leslie Meier were President Trump's 'personality' (nuff said); and how ubiquitous the drug trade has become.

No doubt this will be a recurring thing in many books written now.

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