The House That Jack Built - Couverture souple

McBain, Ed

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747404615 ISBN 13 : 9780747404613

Editeur : Penguin, 1989

Synopsis

Matthew Hope embarks on the seemingly impossible case of defending one Ralph Parrish, brother of gay dissolute Jonathan who has been savagely murdered after a no-holds-barred gay party. Ralph is prime suspect as he has never seen eye-to-eye with Jonathan.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The morning after Jonathan Parrish’s fortieth birthday party, the guest of honor is found lying dead in a pool of his own blood. Police arrive at the scene to find his older brother, Ralph, covered in red and clutching the murder weapon.

From behind bars, Ralph insists he didn’t do it. He claims he heard a scream from the other room, saw a man dressed in black running away, and rushed to pull the fatal blade from Jonathan’s chest. But his explanations don’t sway the Florida police, especially when several witnesses saw the brothers arguing about Jonathan’s homosexual lifestyle the night before.

But attorney Matthew Hope believes Ralph—call it instinct, call it a hunch, Matt’s law partner, Frank Summerville, calls it Matt’s “code.” But with Frank too distraught over his crumbling marriage to pitch in this time, Matthew enlists private eye Warren Chambers to help prove Ralph’s innocence. And with few clues to go by, the duo will have to dig through a world of closet cases, secret trysts, and a community on edge to capture the real killer.

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in New York, Evan Hunter (1926–2005) wrote the screen play for Hitchcock’s The Birds in 1963. He received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and is one of three American writers to be awarded the Diamond Dagger for a lifetime of achievement by the British Crime Writers Association.

Under the name Ed McBain, he authored the sprawling 87th Precinct series—the longest, most varied crime series in the world—which includes fifty-five novels about a fictional team of policemen, and thirteen novels in the Matthew Hope series featuring an up-and-coming lawyer in the Florida Gulf Coast. Known for tackling controversial content with a thoughtful eye, he is the author of over eighty novels.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747404615
• ISBN 13: 9780747404613
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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