Honestly Dearest, You're Dead - Couverture rigide

Fredrickson, Jack

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0312380925 ISBN 13 : 9780312380922

Editeur : Minotaur Books,US, 2009

Synopsis

Delighted when an attorney offers him four hundred dollars to execute the will of a dead client, a broke Dek Elstrom finds his seemingly simple case complicated by a race against time with a killer. By the author of A Safe Place for Dying. 15,000 first printing.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Written in a humorous style...and featuring an Elmore Leonard-like eye for detail, this is a promising new series." - Library Journal"

A woman he doesn't know names Dek Elstrom executor of her will.Dek's life has taken a dismal turn. He's recently divorced, and his investigating career has tanked. Broke and dispirited, he expects little change in his luck when lawyer Aggert telephones him to inform him that the late Louise Thomas has made him her executor. "How much would that cost me?" asks Dek, an indication of how far south of optimism he's drifted. On learning of a $700 executor's fee, he swiftly agrees to meet with the attorney. But he's puzzled by the fact that the name Louise Thomas means nothing to him. It's a mystery that deepens, unsettlingly, when he discovers that she was murdered during a break-in. Then, on her desk, he finds the hard-used, dilapidated relic of a manual typewriter that shifts his perspective forcefully. A long time ago Dek loved and lost a girl who owned the clone of that ancient machine. Could it possibly be the same one? If it is, Dek knows he has more than a straightforward, albeit perplexing, mystery to solve. He has a mission.The prose is polished, the plotting deft and dotted with sneaky surprises. And Dek, likable in his debut (A Safe Place for Dying, 2006), is even more engaging here. (Kirkus Reviews) --Kirkus Review

Présentation de l'éditeur

The critically acclaimed Jack Fredrickson returns with the second in the "Dek Elstrom P.I." series. A lawyer calls Dek Elstrom with a fast, four-hundred dollar deal. A dead client has named Dek to execute her will. To Dek Elstrom, broke and huddling in a cold stone turret in Chicago in the middle of February, the sound of money is loud. But instead of finding an easy 400 bucks, he finds he must race to find a killer...before the dead woman is killed again.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Minotaur Books,US
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312380925
• ISBN 13: 9780312380922
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 309
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible