The House of Love and Death, by Andrew Klavan

A Cameron Winter Mystery.

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Episode Transcript

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This is the WBZ Book Club.I'm Jordan Rich a new book by Andrew
Claven. It's called The House ofLove and Death. In it, Cameron
Winter, who worked for a blackops federal agency, assigned hit men to
make assassinations. At one point,he has to shoot someone himself, and
that sends him on a different pathinto retirement as a teacher as he tries
to escape that life. While inthat new life, he hears the story

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about a gruesome murder scene involving afamily, a psychologist, a community volunteer,
their teenage daughter, and a livein nanny, all of whom save
for their seven year old son shotto death in their home, which was
then set ablaze. The case isstymying the police, but Winter is intrigued
by the mystery, first and foremostwho saved the young son. What makes
The House of Love and Death interestingare the various therapy sessions that our main

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character, Cameron Winter, conducts withhis psychologist, Margaret Whittaker, And,
as one critic put it, it'sa compelling demonstration of why a self tormenting
killer can make the perfect detective.The House of Love and Death by Andrew
Claven, another edition in the bookClub. W b Z, Boston's news radio