The Fifth Script: The Lacey Lockington Series - Book One - Couverture souple

Spencer, Ross H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1626819580 ISBN 13 : 9781626819580

Editeur : Diversion Books, 2015

Synopsis

Detective Lacey Lockington always gets the job done, but making the omelets of solved cases usually involves breaking a lot of eggs. So when Lacey gets suspended after tabloid columnist Stella Starbright names him as a "kill-crazy cop," he has to find new work as a private investigator. It's a step down, for sure, and one of his first cases is an unlikely one: former "Stella Starbrights" are turning up dead on the streets of Chicago, and the current one, the reputation ruiner herself, turns to an unlikely source for protection.

Going against his gut, Lacey agrees to keep tabs on Stella to keep her from sharing the grisly fate of her former namesakes. In the midst of all the madness, Lacey hunts the real killer, someone looking to silence gossip columnists for good. But can Lacey crack the case before another victim makes a different section of the newspapers?

Sex...violence...booze! This deadly mix will keep you on the edge of your seat in Ross Spencer's jaded-but-jaunty tale about a hardened cop with nothing but his reputation to lose.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Lacy Lockington is one thoroughly bewildered six-foot-one, 205-pound, 48-year-old ex-police detective with the damnedest case of snakebite hed ever heard of. He cruises the lower depths of Chicago in his weathered Pontiac, seeking some comfort from healthy dollops of Martells and from Edna Garson, the part-time cashier at Easheskis Liquor Emporium.Lockington is entitled to a mild case of paranoia: hes still trying to make sense of the knifing-murder of his true girlfriend, Julie Masters, when in the space of about a week, he tangles with four viscious miscreants and shoots them dead¯pretty much in self defense. Stella Starbright, hard-hitting columnist for the Morning Sentinel, takes vigorous exception to Lockingtons action¯in bold print. Then she walks into his life in person.She was five-six or so, dark-haired, dark-eyed, and cuter than a termites night shirt... Like that.Erika Elwood, nom de plume, Stella Starbright.Despite taking him to task, she presents the possibility of pleasant distraction for Lockington¯until some of the other ladies who have written the column start turning up dead, and Lockington is quickly considered numero uno suspect...Spencers Chicago crime novels [are] rather like Chandler filtered through Perelman. BooklistSpencer delivers an earthy, hard-to-put-down yarn... combines humor and suspense until the last page. Sacramento UnionRoss H. Spencer was born in Hughart, West Virginia and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. During World War II, he served with the 37th Infantry Division on New Georgia, on Bougainville, and in the Philippines. Following the war, he moved to Chicago to be near the Chicago Cubs, the ball club of his choice since 1932. He served again, this time with the Air Force during the Korean Emergency or whatever it was.Ross H. Spencer was the father of thre

Biographie de l'auteur

Ross H. Spencer was born in Hughart, West Virginia and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. During World War II, he served with the 37th Infantry Division on New Georgia, on Bougainville, and in the Philippines. Following the war, he moved to Chicago to be near the Chicago Cubs, the ball club of his choice since 1932. He served again, this time with the Air Force during the Korean Emergency or whatever it was.Ross H. Spencer was the father of three wonderful daughters and the proud husband of Shirley, the most beautiful lady on earth. In 1987, he returned to Youngstown, Ohio, where he spent the remaining 11 years of his life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Diversion Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1626819580
• ISBN 13: 9781626819580
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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