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TO KNOW GOOD AND EVILAuthor: DANIEL MEIERGenre: Fiction - Southern Publisher: BQB Publishing Date Published: October 7, 2025 ISBN-10: N/A ISBN-13: 979-8886330502 GoodReads Rating:
4.56 |
Daniel V. Meier, Jr., author of “To Know Good and Evil”, has a career in the aviation industry. He deftly uses his background to enhance his mystery/thriller, Southern Noir novels. Meier immediately grabs the readers attention by creating a scene where a small plane crashes and burns in a hog-farm barn sending the aroma of bacon into the air to compete with the fragrance of hog manure. The roasted pilot is identified as Dr. David Lanmore, chemistry professor at a small college in Scottsville, North Carolina. Frank Adam’s, an air accident investigator who was reared in the small town, is convinced by an old friend to investigate the crash. Local police have declared it an accident but evidence of the professor having discovered a cancer cure and the meddling of a pharmaceutical company suggest foul play, corruption, and coverup. The plot includes death threats, bodies, and alligators in the swamp, and conflicted characters make this novel a fun read. The surprise, unexpected conclusion will leave readers challenging their point of view regarding truth and integrity or what is the best outcome for the future. “To Know Good and Evil” is Book 2 in the Frank Adam Detective Series. Reviewed by: Rose L. |
A retired Aviation Safety Inspector for the FAA, Daniel V. Meier, Jr. has always had a passion for writing. During his college years, he studied History at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW) and American Literature at The University of Maryland Graduate School. In 1980 he published an Action/Thriller, Mendosa?s Treasure with Leisure Books under the pen name of Vince Daniels. In 2023, his critically acclaimed novel, Guidance to Death was a return to a favorite genre of his, Action/Thriller/with the added intrigue of Murder/Mystery. And now, To Know Good and Evil is his 2nd book in the Frank Adams Investigator series. Other books by Dan are Blood Before Dawn, the sequel to the award-winning novel, The Dung Beetles of Liberia. Bloodroot, also an Historical novel is about the Jamestown settlement in the early 1600?s and No Birds Sing Here, is a work of Satirical Literary Fiction. Dan and his wife live in Owings, Maryland, about twenty miles south of Annapolis and when he's not writing, they spend their summers sailing on the Chesapeake Bay.
