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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quickly as a victim. The author, 48, was once a Buddhist monk in Japan (he wrote about that arduous life in An Empty Mirror). He returned to The Netherlands, spent some time in the Amsterdam police force, and migrated again, this time to Maine. The new book is set there, in a coastal town called Jameson, just below the Canadian border. The author's usual characters are on hand: the old commissaris, who has arrived in the U.S. to help his sister settle her affairs after her husband's sudden death, and his young sergeant, Rinus de Gier...
Since van de Wetering lives in Maine permanently, he could have set his story during a summer tourist season or the fiery glories of autumn. Instead he takes the harder route: bare, muted landscapes filled with ravens, seals and deer. He is aware of the violence in the town and casual cruelty of the hunters. But the book's strongest writing is about the satisfactions of surviving a hard winter: wooden stoves, good drink, a safe journey home made in a blizzard. These are worth more than a tricky plot. Van de Wetering is an amateur who is good...
Johnson's bail was first set at more than $1 million. Judge Jacob S. Levin, who will preside at the trial, later reduced it to $100,000, and Terrance went free pending trial...
...Crimson's 12 field-event points belonged to Sola Mahoney, who turned in first-place leaps in both triple and long jumps and, thereby, stopped an Army massacre. Mahoney's triple jump set a personal best...
...freshman Firkin Reed's fourth tally of the year, set up by Lauren Norton at 12:45 of period one, proved to be the game winner...