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{{Image|Michael Gilbert Portrait - smaller.jpg|left|100px|Michael Gilbert on the back cover of [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], 1982}} | {{Image|Michael Gilbert Portrait - smaller.jpg|left|100px|Michael Gilbert on the back cover of [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], 1982}} | ||
'''Over and Out''' is a mystery-suspense novel by the British crime writer [[Michael Gilbert]], first published by [[ | '''Over and Out''' is a mystery-suspense novel by the British crime writer [[Michael Gilbert]], first published in England by [[Robert Hale & Company]] and by [[G.K. Hall & Company]] in the United States in 1999. . It was Gilbert's 30th and final novel and the third of a trilogy featuring his final set of recurring characters, [[Luke Pagan and Joe Narrabone]]. Set in the opening months of [[World War I]], it has, along with its fictional characters and situations, references to actual events of the time, and a number of actual historical personages also play roles in the book. Gilbert, who was appointed [[CBE]] in 1980, was a founder-member of the [[Crime Writers' Association|British Crime Writers' Association]]. The [[Mystery Writers of America]] named him a Grand Master in 1988<ref name=Telgrph>{{cite news|title=Michael Gilbert (obituary)|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1510088/Michael-Gilbert.html|accessdate=13 November 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=10 February 2006}}</ref> and in 1990 he was presented [[Bouchercon]]'s Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bouchercon.info/history.html |title=History of Guests of Honor |website=Bouchercon World Mystery Convention |accessdate=5 July 2014|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070925053237/http://www.bouchercon.info/history.html|archive-date=25 September 2007}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 12:28, 6 March 2017
Over and Out is a mystery-suspense novel by the British crime writer Michael Gilbert, first published in England by Robert Hale & Company and by G.K. Hall & Company in the United States in 1999. . It was Gilbert's 30th and final novel and the third of a trilogy featuring his final set of recurring characters, Luke Pagan and Joe Narrabone. Set in the opening months of World War I, it has, along with its fictional characters and situations, references to actual events of the time, and a number of actual historical personages also play roles in the book. Gilbert, who was appointed CBE in 1980, was a founder-member of the British Crime Writers' Association. The Mystery Writers of America named him a Grand Master in 1988[1] and in 1990 he was presented Bouchercon's Lifetime Achievement Award.[2]
Plot
Reviews
From Publishers Weekly, which writes pre-publication reviews for the publishing industry and libraries:
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From Booklist:
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Notes
- ↑ Michael Gilbert (obituary), 10 February 2006. Retrieved on 13 November 2012.
- ↑ History of Guests of Honor. Retrieved on 5 July 2014.
- ↑ Publishers Weekly at [1]
- ↑ Booklist at [2]