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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:00 PM

LIBRARY LINE: When does a shovel come in handy?

By Rosemary Honn, Library Line

Harry Dolan’s droll first novel, “Bad Things Happen,” opens with a simple, ominous sentence: “The shovel has to meet certain requirements.”

We can’t help but wonder why the shovel is needed, and who the man purchasing the shovel really is. He calls himself David Loogan, and reveals little about himself for reasons that have to do with his past. Gradually we learn he has been hired as an editor for a crime magazine called Gray Streets in Ann Arbor, Mich., by kindly publisher Tom Kristoll. Now his boss has asked for David’s help with a delicate matter.

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