White with Fish, Red with Murder - Couverture souple

Mazuk, Harley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1732045402 ISBN 13 : 9781732045408

Editeur : Old Vine Publishing Co, 2018

Synopsis

San Francisco, 1948—Frank Swiver, down-and-out private eye, with a taste for wine and a weakness for women, accepts an invitation from General Thursby to attend a wine tasting aboard the general’s private railroad car. Accompanied by his secretary and lover Vera Peregrino, Frank finds an old flame, the recently widowed, Cicilia O’Callaghan, chef-owner of Chez Cici, among the guests at the tasting. Thursby wants Frank to find the murderer of his friend, the late Rusty O’Callaghan, whose death from a poison mushroom omelet the cops wrote off as accidental. But Thursby takes two slugs through the pump before the tasting has even begun. Locked into the private carriage, the guests proceed to pull some corks, and tensions rise as they theorize who among them could be the killer. The cops arrest Vera for Thursby’s murder, and while she languishes in her cell, Frank’s renewed affair with Cici heats up. He spends his nights with Cici and his days questioning the guests from the tasting to find Thursby’s killer and spring Vera. But another murder follows, and Frank soon sees that his romance with Cici is poisonous. He realizes he must either change his perceptions or lose both women—and maybe even his life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Harley Mazuk was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at Elphinstone College, Bombay, India, and earned his B.A. in English Literature from Hiram College, Ohio. He sold records (vinyl) in New York, then joined the Federal Government, for a 29-year run, first in IT, later as a writer and editor in corporate communications. Mr. Mazuk found his muse when he decided to try his hand at mystery fiction. His first private eye story, “The Tall Blonde with the Hot Boiler,” resulted in his first sale, to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (Jan. 2011). EQMM has since published three more of his stories, and he has sold longer fiction to Dead Guns Press. His first full length novel, White with Fish, Red with Murder, was released in 2017, and his newest, Last Puffs, just came out in January 2018. Mr. Mazuk’s passions are his family, writing, reading, running, peace, Italian cars, and California wine. He lives with his wife, Anastasia, in Maryland, where they have raised two children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Old Vine Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1732045402
• ISBN 13: 9781732045408
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 386
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