The Detective & the Chinese High-Fin Contributor(s): Craven, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062439375 ISBN-13: 9780062439376 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime - Fiction | Humorous - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2015036405 |
Series: John Darvelle Mystery |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.40 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Finalist for the 2017 Shamus Award Attention, fans of Carl Hiaasen, Harlan Coben, and Robert B. Parker The author of The Detective & The Pipe Girl--nominated for both the Nero Wolfe and Shamus Awards--returns with another whip-smart, funny, and propulsive mystery featuring singular Los Angeles P.I. John Darvelle. Private Detective John Darvelle is back--drinking cheap beer, playing ping-pong and sharing his philosophy on everything from work/life balance to restaurants with bad air-conditioning. (He doesn't believe in the former, he despises the latter.) Darvelle is hired to find the killer of Keaton Fuller, a well-born Los Angeles man gunned down in his own driveway. The cops couldn't solve the case, in part because everyone who came in contact with Keaton despised him. Translation: Anybody could have done it. Following a trail of the dead man's betrayals, Darvelle finds himself in the exotic, high-stakes world of rare tropical fish. The fish are certainly valuable enough to kill for, but is there something more menacing going on? As Darvelle relentlessly drives toward the truth, a showdown awaits that is at once riveting, visceral, and very, very dangerous. It's a case only he could solve--just as long as he's willing to put his life on the line. |
Contributor Bio(s): Craven, Michael: - Michael Craven is an advertising writer and creative director, and is the author of two previous books, Body Copy and The Detective & the Pipe Girl, nominated for both the Nero Wolfe and Shamus Awards. He lives and works in New York City. |