Anne Argula
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ANNE ARGULA is a pen name used by Darryl Ponicsan
for several mysteries set in the Pacific Northwest. He was born in Northeast Pennsylvania
and currently resides in Seattle, Washington.
The first novel in the series, "Homicide My Own" (2005) is about a cop who solves his own murder from a previous life. It was nominated for an Edgar Award
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The second in the series is "Walla Walla Suite" (2007), which follows Quinn, who narrated the first book. Now she is in Seattle and working for a mitigation investigator until she is drawn into an unusual murder case.
The third in the series is "Krapp's Last Cassette," in which Quinn is hired by a screenwriter to verify the existence of a writer whose book he is adapting for HBO. The title is a play on the title of Samuel Beckett
's Krapp's Last Tape
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Ponicsan's Quinn novels are marked by humor and coal regions idiom.
Darryl Ponicsan
Darryl Ponicsan is an American writer. He is best known as the author of the 1971 novel The Last Detail, which was adapted into a 1973 movie starring Jack Nicholson; and for the 1973 novel and screenplay Cinderella Liberty, starring James Caan...
for several mysteries set in the Pacific Northwest. He was born in Northeast Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
and currently resides in Seattle, Washington.
The first novel in the series, "Homicide My Own" (2005) is about a cop who solves his own murder from a previous life. It was nominated for an Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
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The second in the series is "Walla Walla Suite" (2007), which follows Quinn, who narrated the first book. Now she is in Seattle and working for a mitigation investigator until she is drawn into an unusual murder case.
The third in the series is "Krapp's Last Cassette," in which Quinn is hired by a screenwriter to verify the existence of a writer whose book he is adapting for HBO. The title is a play on the title of Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
's Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape is a one-act play, written in English, by Samuel Beckett. Consisting of a cast of one man, it was originally written for Northern Irish actor Patrick Magee and first titled "Magee monologue"...
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Ponicsan's Quinn novels are marked by humor and coal regions idiom.