Flight Dreams (Mark Manning Mysteries (Kensington Paperback))

by Michael Craft

Paperback, 1998

Status

Available

Call number

PS3553.R215 F57

Publication

New York : Kensington Books, 1998

Description

A masterpiece of mystery and suspense, this is the moving story of a man struggling to come to terms with his sexuality Investigative journalist Mark Manning is on the trail of a story that could make his career. Airline heiress Helena Carter, who vanished seven years ago, is about to be declared legally dead. Her fortune, valued at over one hundred million dollars, will go to the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and the Federated Cat Clubs of America. Manning is the only one who believes that the missing Chicago socialite is still alive. And he's just been given an ultimatum by his publisher: Prove it, or he's history. Determined to keep his job--and hoping to secure the five-hundred-thousand-dollar reward from Carter's estate, as well as the coveted Partridge Prize for investigative journalism--Manning enters a world of religious fanatics who could turn back the clock on gay rights. At the same time, Manning grapples with his own sexuality as he falls in love for the first time--with the man of his dreams. Flight Dreams is the first book in Michael Craft's Mark Manning series, which continues with Eye Contact and Body Language.… (more)

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LibraryThing member aulsmith

I found the writing in this first book very immature. The plot was set up so that you pretty much knew what the newspaper reporter/detective would find, but then it meandered all over the place for a while before actually getting to the main event. Meanwhile, there were frequent viewpoint shifts,

sometimes paragraph by paragraph, a writing technique I find particularly annoying. Finally we get to the main action and things are pretty interesting, until the author starts dropping more red herrings, just when we're supposed to be getting clear on what actually went on. He never resolves these, but leaves us with a new mystery at the end, presumably a come-on for the next book.

I liked the characters and the newspaper setting, so maybe I'll try another one later in the series, but I certainly don't recommend starting with this one.

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LibraryThing member -Eva-

It's obvious that this is the first in the series about Mark Manning. The characters are a little too "easy" in that they tend to be described in terms of their appearance, and it gets a little preachy at times (even though I agree with what is being preached...). However, Craft still writes a darn

good mystery and I had to really restrain myself from flipping to the end to peek at the resolution. I'm definitely reading the rest of his books!

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LibraryThing member ChrisWeir

First in the series. Follows Mark Manning a reporter in Chicago. He's been reporting on the disappearance of an heiress for 7 years. Her estate is about to be closed with her presumed death. But Manning doesn't believe she's dead and is out to prove it.

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