JAMES HAYMAN spent more than twenty years as a senior creative director at one of New York's largest advertising agencies. He and his wife, artist Jeanne O'Toole Hayman, now live in Portland, Maine. "Chill of Night" is his second novel.
"A strong sense of place (the action seesaws between the mainland
and nearby Harts Island), well-rounded characters, and a twisting,
action-filled plot. This one puts Portland, Maine, firmly on the
crime-fiction map." -- Michele Leber, "Booklist""An engrossing
whodunit with a tenacious investigator... Highly recommended for
readers of suspenseful, captivating mysteries with a cast of
colorful yet believable characters." --"Library Journal "(starred
review)"[THE CUTTING] was excellent, but this book is even
better.... This may be Hayman's second novel, but he writes like a
veteran mystery writer. His stories are gritty, suspenseful and
colorful, and display tightly wrapped plots and wholly believable
characters.... Hayman has produced a terrific tale that will be
hard to put down." --"Kennebec"" Journal" Maine Sunday Telegram,
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Captivating detective again hunts a Maine killerBy LLOYD FERRISS
Readers of James Hayman's second mystery novel are in for a treat.
He delivers a cast of tantalizingly complex characters. The setting
of his book - Portland and its environs - is so accurately
described that you practically see detective Michael McCabe driving
familiar snow-covered streets in a city threatened by a psychopath.
McCabe, a fictional ace detective of the Portland Police
department, is the hero of Hayman's first novel, "The Cutting"
(2009). He returns in the aptly named "The Chill of Night."
McCabe's a dynamo of focused energy, so intent on finding the
slayer of young attorney Lainie Goff that his own girlfriend, Kyra,
moves out of their shared apartment to escape his single-track
involvement in the case. A former New York detective, McCabe is
blessed with a photographic mind. If he's handed a slip of paper
with a phone number, he glances at it once, then tosses the paper
away. The number is stored in his brain forever. McCabe can
memorize the contents of a room in a flash, or absorb the co
“A strong sense of place (the action seesaws between the mainland
and nearby Harts Island), well-rounded characters, and a twisting,
action-filled plot. This one puts Portland, Maine, firmly on
the crime-fiction map.” — Michele Leber, "Booklist"“An engrossing
whodunit with a tenacious investigator… Highly recommended for
readers of suspenseful, captivating mysteries with a cast of
colorful yet believable characters.” —"Library Journal "(starred
review) Maine Sunday Telegram, Sunday, August 29,
2010 Captivating detective again hunts a Maine killerBy LLOYD
FERRISS Readers of James Hayman’s second mystery novel are in
for a treat. He delivers a cast of tantalizingly complex
characters. The setting of his book – Portland and its environs –
is so accurately described that you practically see detective
Michael McCabe driving familiar snow-covered streets in a city t
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