ABSOLUTE ZERO by Chuck Logan February,2002 ISBN 0-06-018572-4 Harper Collins Publishers

Phil Broker never does anything the easy way. Which is a great thing for his reader. In ABSOLUTE ZERO Chuck Logan’s fictional detective just wants time for a little thinking and so agrees to act as a guide for a group of hunters. Caught on the Boundary Waters in a horrific storm everyone makes it out but novelist Hank Sommer ruptures a hernia and after surgery slips into a coma. Is it inevitable? A Hospital error ? Or is there foul play involved? From a superbly written opening passage ,through a bevy of great characters including a doctor, a lawyer, an exotic dancer and an upset ostrich to a conclusion guaranteed to chill you to the bone as the midwestern winter of 2001/2002 failed to in actuality Mr. Logan keeps you involved in every sentence. Find out what everyone’s talking about and get ready for a trip to the suana, you’re going to need it!

Ruth Jordan