Fiddle Game - Couverture rigide

Thompson, Richard A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1590584554 ISBN 13 : 9781590584552

Editeur : Poisoned Pen Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Thompson Richard A

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Herman Jackson chose St. Paul as his place of permanent exile from Detroit after his former life as a bookie got too hot. Now he leads a respectable, low-profile life as a bail bondsman, selling second chances to losers and looking over his shoulder. When a young woman named Amy Cox leaves Jackson a priceless antique violin as security for her brother's bail bond, it's really the beginning of an elaborate con game. But the game has barely begun when she is murdered in front of Jackson's office. And for reasons that make no sense, the police are calling him the prime suspect... unless he gives them the violin as evidence. With his criminal past, Jackson can't afford to be a prime suspect for jaywalking. But he is also not prepared to give in to extortion. Soon he is on the run, trying to solve Amy Cox's murder, pursued by one real and one crooked cop, a band of urban Gypsies, and an unknown killer who also wants Jackson dead. Then the violin, reputed to carry a 400-year-old curse, takes on a life of its own.

Biographie de l'auteur

Richard A. Thompson's professional education is as a civil engineer, and he has recently retired from a 45-year career in construction, including 12 years as the Senior Building Inspector for the City of St. Paul. He is a certified Minnesota Building Official and a registered professional engineer. His earliest ambition was to be a comic book artist, later a sculptor. At various times he has been a carpenter, a short-order cook, an apprentice surveyor, a folksinger and part-time maker of stringed instruments, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, a general contractor, and a boat-builder.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590584554
• ISBN 13: 9781590584552
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible