Carmine Delmonico -- On / Off

On, Off by Colleen McCullough

April,  2014

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Born June 1, 1937, in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia; Education: University of Sydney and University of South Wales, B.S. (with honors); Institute of Child Health of London University, M.S. Avocational Interests: Photography, music, chess, embroidery, painting, cooking, "writing the words side of stage musicals."Address: Home: Norfolk Island, Australia.

CAREER:

Writer. Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, founder of and neurophysicist at Department of Neurophysiology, 1958-63; Yale University, School of Internal Medicine, New Haven, CT, associate in research neurology department, 1967-77; writer, 1976--. Has also worked as teacher, library worker, bus driver in Australia's Outback, and in journalism.

In On, Off, published in 2006, a psychopathic serial killer is preying on young, mixed-race women in 1965 Connecticut, and police lieutenant Carmine Delmonico is charged with finding the identity of the murderer. He suspects the killer may work at a local neurological research institute, but he only uncovers revealing information after depleting all his options. Reviews were mostly positive for McCullough's crime thriller. Pat Dole, writing in Kliatt, easily identified McCullough's strong writing potential, noting that her "skill in developing fully fleshed characters is abundantly evident." Booklist contributor David Pitt also wrote that "the characters are vividly drawn, and the story itself is quite intriguing." Pitt commented, however, that her excessive use of exclamation points "is sure to grate on many readers." A contributor to Kirkus Reviews remarked that the author "has achieved a passably engrossing police procedural."

"CARMINE DELMONICO" SERIES; CRIME NOVELS

1.  On, off (May 2006)

(First book in series) Realizing that a brutalized young woman is the latest victim of a serial murderer, 1960s Lieutenant Carmine Delmonico traces clues that identify the killer as one of several secretive employees at a world center for neurological research.

2.  Too many murders (Dec 2009)

3.  Naked cruelty: a Carmine Delmonico novel  (Dec 2010)

4. The prodigal son: a Carmine Delmonico novel  (Nov 2012)

5.  Sins of the flesh: a Carmine Delmonico novel  (Nov 2013)

Read-alikes from NoveList  --- series that are Bleak and Plot-driven and they share: the genre 'Mystery stories' and the subjects 'Detectives', 'Murder investigation', and 'Murder'

1.	Virgil Flowers mysteries by John Sandford
2.	Inspector John Rebus mysteries by Ian Rankin
3.	Detective Mollel mysteries by Richard Crompton
7.	Private Detective Agency novels  by James Patterson

NOVELS

• Tim (also see below), Harper (New York, NY), 1974 , reprinted, Avon Books (New York, NY), 1990.
• The Thorn Birds, Harper (New York, NY), 1977, reprinted, Gramercy Books (New York, NY), 1998.
• An Indecent Obsession (also see below), Harper (New York, NY), 1981.
• A Creed for the Third Millennium, Harper (New York, NY), 1985.
• The Ladies of Missalonghi (also see below), Harper (New York, NY), 1987.
• The Song of Troy, Orion (London, England), 1998.
• Three Complete Novels (includes Tim, An Indecent Obsession, and The Ladies of Missalonghi), Wings Books (New York, NY), 1999.
• Morgan's Run, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2000.
• The Touch, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2003.
• Angel Puss, HarperCollins (Pymble, New South Wales, Australia), 2004, published as Angel, HarperCollins (London, England), 2005.
• On, Off (mystery), Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2006.
• The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2008.
• Bittersweet, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2013.

• Too Many Murders, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2009.
• Naked Cruelty, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2010.
• The Prodigal Son, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2012.
• Sins of the Flesh, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2013.

"MASTERS OF ROME" SERIES; NOVELS

• The First Man in Rome, Morrow (New York, NY), 1990.
• The Grass Crown, Morrow (New York, NY), 1991.
• Fortune's Favorites, Morrow (New York, NY), 1993.
• Caesar's Women, Morrow (New York, NY), 1996.
• Caesar: Let the Dice Fly, Morrow (New York, NY), 1998.
• The October Horse, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2002.
• Antony and Cleopatra, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2008.