The Blackbird Papers

A Novel

Ian Smith

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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del
15 November 2005

Crime & Mystery

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ancient Nine and The Clean 20

A rainy night . . . A stranded motorist . . . A Good Samaritan passerby ... a Nobel Prize-winning professor . . . The setup for a shocking murder designed to cover up an even more sinister crime . . .

The Blackbird Papers marks the debut of Ian Smith, a major new talent in crime fiction, and of Sterling Bledsoe, his smart and occasionally combative sleuth.

World-renowned Dartmouth professor Wilson Bledsoe is returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he encounters a broken-down pickup on the secluded country road to his home. The next day, the discovery of his body with a vicious racist epithet carved into his chest leads to the quick arrest of two loathsome white supremacists. The local authorities seem ready to accept the case at face value as a racial hate crime. But the murdered professor's brother, FBI agent Sterling Bledsoe, has inserted himself into the investigation and isn't ready to buy into this pat solution. A look around his brother's lab and brief interviews with his students and colleagues pique Sterling's curiosity about Wilson's pet project- a nearly completed paper on the mysterious deaths of hundreds of local blackbirds.

Fast-paced and cleverly constructed, The Blackbird Papers introduces a major new voice in mystery and crime fiction.

By: Ian Smith
Imprint: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9780767920445
ISBN 10: 0767920449
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 November 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ian Smith, M.D., is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ancient Nine, Blast the Sugar Out, SHRED, SUPER SHRED, The SHRED Power Cleanse, and other top-selling titles. Hehas been an award-winning medical correspondent for NBC News and a contributor to the Today show. He is also a medical columnist for Men's Health magazine and a commentator for NPR's Tavis Smiley show and for the nationally syndicated TV talk show The View. He lives in New York City.

Reviews for The Blackbird Papers: A Novel

Ian Smith's debut novel, The Blackbird Papers, is exceptional on all levels: the characters and setting are fresh, the plot is riveting, and you feel like you are in totally new territory. Take note of a career about to soar. --Harlan Coben, author of No Second Chance Ian Smith's debut novel, The Blackbird Papers, is exceptional on all levels: the characters and setting are fresh, the plot is riveting, and you feel like you are in totally new territory. Take note of a career about to soar. --Harlan Coben, author of No Second Chance Ian Smith's debut novel, The Blackbird Papers , is exceptional on all levels: the characters and setting are fresh, the plot is riveting, and you feel like you are in totally new territory. Take note of a career about to soar. --Harlan Coben, author of No Second Chance