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Through his family, Kurt is heir to the Hauptmann dynasty and the mystery of creating stained glass, as well as other arcane heritages. One of the family secrets is a path to divinity that runs through darkness as well as light. Another is the familys bond of blood, its own and that of its enemies. As Kurt gropes toward the truth, so does the tough and cynical cop, Jack Skelote.
Amazon.com Review
Once you buy into the somewhat unlikely premise of The Martyring--a haunted German family of master stained-glass-window artists transported to modern-day Florida--you're on your way to an unusual and rewarding thriller experience. Writers as diverse as Loren D. Estleman and William X. Kienzle have raved about Thomas Sullivan's unique prose style, and it's not hard to see why. "At a second glance, the undefinable structure resolved itself into a building like a church pew, narrow upper story indented above the first. Within the soaring top wedge were a series of tightly hemmed rectangles that glittered like troubled water." That's young Kurt Nehmer getting his first look at the Hauptmann family compound in Padobar. His mother was a Hauptmann, so Kurt has been invited to learn the family trade--and find out why so many members of the clan die in oddly similar accidents.
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