Dead Money

Autor: McCrea, Grant

Seitenzahl: 352

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 07-02-2006

Einzelheiten: Kurzbeschreibung With dialogue reminiscent of Dashiell Hammett and Elmore Leonard’s works, a ripping pace and a cast of characters you won’t soon forget, Dead Money is a first-rate mystery like no other. When Rick Redman’s infuriating boss puts him on the Jules Fitzgibbon case, Rick suspects he’s being set up to lose. After all, the murder victim was found dead in a nearby alleyway after a very vocal argument with the accused, a young man with an unhealthy fondness for sharp implements. But Jules’s father is an important client of the firm, and Rick is told to keep the young man out of jail. Could it be, though, that Jules’s father also wants Rick to fail? Rick turns to the one person he knows he can trust – in life and on the case – Dorita, a leggy dame with a platinum cigarette lighter and a wit as sharp as her stilettos. Meanwhile, at home, Rick’s wife is slowly killing herself with drink, and their spirited teenaged daughter, Kelly, is forced to watch helplessly. Rick seeks consolation at his local watering hole, The Wolf’s Lair, where he meets a young and charming actor, Jake, who asks him to join a high-stakes poker game. But like everything else in Rick’s complicated life, there’s more to Jake than meets the eye. Dead Money is the first in a series featuring Rick Redman: lawyer, drinker, rookie investigator, father, poker hound. Pressestimmen "Chandleresque…. All of McCrea's characters are distinctive and the solution to the murder mystery is a surprise. The dialogue between Rick and Dorita snaps back and forth faster than a Ping-Pong ball. Dead Money is the first in a series, and McCrea has set the hook well." –Quill & Quire “Grant McCrea can really write. Dead Money is a high-octane mystery that has all the right ingredients. It kept me up well into the night.” –James Swain, author of Mr. Lucky Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende Once a high-school dropout, Grant McCrea is now an internationally regarded litigator. Euromoney Guide has named him one of the world’s leading litigation lawyers. His principal area of practice is complex commercial litigation and arbitration, with a particular emphasis on international arbitration with Russian and Eastern European companies. Originally from Montreal, he now lives in New York City. Leseprobe. Abdruck erfolgt mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Rechteinhaber. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. 1. I’d been at the wolf’s lair til closing the night before. Not for any special reason. Just because. I dragged myself into the office. The place had a foggy, unnatural air. I sat down. The message light on my phone was blinking. It made my head hurt. I checked the voice mail, to make it go away. Nothing urgent. That was a relief. I deleted a few dozen e-mails. Maybe some of them were important. I couldn’t really tell. The phone rang. Please hold for Mr. Warwick. Shit. Please hold for Mr. Warwick. The lard-ass can’t dial four digits for himself. Has to delegate it. Redman. Yes, Charles. I heard an unsubstantiated rumor. They’re the best kind. Someone resembling you was seen in the elevator this morning. Yes? At ten forty-five. Yes? In sneakers. Well, yes. I’ve got plantar fasciitis. Very painful. Something to do with tendons in the arches. Common in basketball players. Anyway, I change my shoes when I get to the office. Well, I don’t doubt you, Redman. I really don’t. Well then. But we’ve got to think of morale. Morale? Yes. Morale. All right then. All right? Yes. I’ll think about it. Morale, that is. Good. Good. You think about that. Yes, I will. Morale. Yes. Click. Jesus. What was wrong with these people? I’d never figure it out. My stomach hurt. My head felt light and heavy at the same time. I thought about the hours of my shrink’s time my conversation with Warwick was going to eat up, at two hundred dollars per. Time that could much better be spent talking about my sex life. Why I didn’t have one. All I could do was close my door. Pretend it wasn’t ther

EAN: 9780679313984

Languages: Englisch

Binding: hardcover

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