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"Bleeder is an intelligent, deftly written mystery that offers a skillful blend of reason and faith. John Desjarlais skillfully combines a wounded scholar, a stigmatic priest, and Aristotle himself in a fascinating tale of a death that's either a mi…
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Dean Thompson commented on John Desjarlais's blog post 'Midwest Book Review blurb'
Bravo! Excellent reviews. Dean ... Burden of Faith
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"BLEEDER is a truly entertaining mystery. Highly recommended." ---Midwest Book Review
December 11
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John Desjarlais added a blog post
I’ll give a brief talk on “The Rules for Writing Mysteries” and sign copies of BLEEDER at the Kishwaukee College Library in Malta, IL, tomorrow, October 21, 1 pm - 2 pm.
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Connie Chastain commented on John Desjarlais's blog post 'latest amazon.com review for BLEEDER'
Wow. That's a great review!
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reader, writer
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detective
About Me:
A former producer with Wisconsin Public Radio, John Desjarlais teaches journalism and English at Kishwaukee College in northern Illinois. His first novel, "The Throne of Tara" (Crossway 1990), was a Christianity Today Readers Choice Award nominee, and his second historical novel, "Relics" (Thomas Nelson 1993) was a Doubleday Book Club Selection. "Bleeder" (Fiction Forge/Sophia Press 2009) is his first mystery. His work has appeared in periodicals such as Student Leadership Journal, U Magazine, The Critic, On Being, Student Soul, Apocalypse, The Upper Room, The New Pantagruel, The Karitos Review and The Rockford Review.
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http://www.johndesjarlais.com

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Thriller writer Tom Grace on BLEEDER

"Bleeder is an intelligent, deftly written mystery that offers a skillful blend of reason and faith. John Desjarlais skillfully combines a wounded scholar, a stigmatic priest, and Aristotle himself in a fascinating tale of a death that's either a miracle or a murder."
Tom Grace, author of "The Secret Cardinal"

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 11:24am —

John Desjarlais

Family and Faith review of BLEEDER

From the review: "I was absolutely floored! Go out and buy this book!"

Posted on December 12, 2009 at 7:51pm —

John Desjarlais

The Curt Jester review of BLEEDER

What do you get when you combine a story about an alleged stigmatic priest, a town seeking healings from this priest, a skeptic who is not a cynic, and then the death of this priest on Good Friday? You get Bleeder: A Mystery , a well crafted and engaging story.
I was pretty well hooked from the first pages on and the novel never disappointed. The story is written as a mystery as to whether the priest was murdered and the various motives of people none too happy to have him there in their midst.… Continue

Posted on December 12, 2009 at 7:49pm —

John Desjarlais

Midwest Book Review blurb

"BLEEDER is a truly entertaining mystery. Highly recommended."

---Midwest Book Review

Posted on December 11, 2009 at 12:43pm — 1 Comment

John Desjarlais

guest blogger at Getting Medieval

I'm a guest blogger discussing RELICS this week at www.getting-medieval.com

Posted on November 13, 2009 at 11:49am —

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At 3:41pm on February 1, 2009, Michelle Sutton said…
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