Fitzgerald Ruse - Couverture souple

De Castrique, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1590586301 ISBN 13 : 9781590586303

Editeur : Poisoned Pen Press, 2009

Synopsis

"An excellent regional mystery, full of local color and historical detail." --Library Journal

Former Chief Warrant Officer Sam Blackman lost a leg in Iraq and emerged from the V.A. hospital in Asheville, NC, as a bitter civilian without a job or a future. But when he solved a series of local murders, Sam found new meaning for his life. Now he and his partner, Nakayla Robertson, are opening a detective agency. They have high hopes that the thriving mountain region will provide a steady stream of cases.

Their first client, a quirky elderly woman in a retirement community, makes a strange request. She wants Sam to right a wrong she committed more than 70 years ago. Her victim: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Her crime: stealing a manuscript. Sam's task seems simple enough: retrieve the woman's lockbox and deliver the manuscript to Fitzgerald's heirs.

But nothing is simple for Sam. The lockbox is sealed with a swastika, a symbol his client insists predates the Nazis and reflects a scene from The Great Gatsby. Then a security guard is killed and the lockbox disappears. Not only has this investigation triggered a murder, but Sam's final military case has followed him from Iraq and neither he nor anyone close to him is safe....

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mark de Castrique grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina where many of his novels are set. He's a veteran of the television and film production industry, has served as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte teaching The American Mystery, and he's a frequent speaker and workshop leader. He and his wife, Linda, live in Charlotte, North Carolina. www.markdecastrique.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Poisoned Pen Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590586301
• ISBN 13: 9781590586303
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 382
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible