{"id":14868,"date":"2020-12-09T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=14868"},"modified":"2020-12-08T22:50:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T03:50:21","slug":"review-dog-star-by-keith-minnion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-dog-star-by-keith-minnion\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Dog Star by Keith Minnion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-dog-star-by-keith-minnion\/dogstar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dogstar.jpg?fit=324%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"324,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dogstar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dogstar.jpg?fit=324%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14869\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dogstar.jpg?resize=227%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover of Dog Star by Keith Minnion\" width=\"227\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dogstar.jpg?resize=227%2C350&amp;ssl=1 227w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dogstar.jpg?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 85vw, 227px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dog-Star-Keith-Minnion\/dp\/B088N5HRG6\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=dog+star+keith+minnion&amp;qid=1604804944&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Dog Star<\/em> by Keith Minnion<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>White Noise Press (May 2020)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>344 pages; $12.99 paperback; $2.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidMSimms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Simms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Author and artist Keith Minnion has returned with a personal novel that&#8217;s part police procedural, part supernatural mystery. Alongside <em>The Boneyard,<\/em> one of the best horror novels of the past ten years, and the recent collection,\u00a0<em>Read Me<\/em>, readers are treated to something new, although there are some tricky &#8212; and cool &#8212; connections to the aforementioned book.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The year is 1974. The local university is shaken by the last action of Chloe Hutchins. She&#8217;s found hanging from a tree in the orchard by a purple noose. As an art major, is it murder or a performance art? Suicide or accident?<br \/>\nCyrus Barnaby finds himself at the center of a mystery that may or may not be the heart of a murder, perhaps something quite supernatural in nature. Chloe existed as someone special to him, not quite a girlfriend but more than a simple friend. That might be why he comes to believe she may be haunting him.<\/p>\n<p>When he is asked by Profesor Perrault to paint brain cauls, he discovers something that threatens to unravel his sanity. Messages emerge from the cauls &#8212; messages that might be handing him clues to Chloe&#8217;s death and his own safety. What is Perrault hiding and what does he seek in these cauls?<\/p>\n<p>The strange woman who enters Cyrus&#8217; life spins him around while casting her own devious shadow on the events revolving around the campus.<br \/>\nDuring this, Detective Ed Shuyler works the investigation to dig to the core of Chloe&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>What he finds might be something deeper and darker than he&#8217;s ever experienced in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Minnion&#8217;s tale twists and turns like the best mysteries out there, revealing layers like a fine magician, holding the final reveals until the end with a deft hand. His writing is smooth, allowing the story to build and breathe as it needs.<\/p>\n<p>Another highly recommended novel by the talented Keith Minnion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dog Star by Keith Minnion White Noise Press (May 2020) 344 pages; $12.99 paperback; $2.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Dave Simms Author and artist Keith Minnion has returned with a personal novel that&#8217;s part police procedural, part supernatural mystery. 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