Blackmail (Stanley Hastings Series #9)

by Parnell Hall

Overview

Complications arise when Stanley Hastings handles a blackmail payment involving pornographic pictures. Not only does he fail to stop the blackmailer, but everyone he talks to dies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936441037
Publisher:	Parnell Hall
Publication date:	09/30/2010
Series:	Stanley Hastings Series , #9
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	225,532
File size:	304 KB

About the Author

Parnell Hall is the author of the Puzzle Lady crossword puzzle mysteries, the Stanley Hastings private eye novels, and the Steve Winslow courtroom dramas. Parnell is an actor, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, former private eye, and past president of the Private Eye Writers of America. His books have been nominated for Edgar, Lefty, and Shamus awards.

Editorial Reviews

"Stanley's cases also have going for them some of the deftest and trickiest puzzle-plotting in the field today."

Jon L. Breen

"The characters are funny, the dialogue sings, and Hall continually confounds the reader's expectations."

Sparkle Hayter

“Parnell Hall succeeds in making Stanley Hastings one of a kind .... BLACKMAIL is pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier era, when detectives like Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin brought some humor to their chores.”

Tom Nolan

“Every page quivers with comic frustration and the result is an absolute joy.” (starred)

Kirkus Reviews

“Here is that rare and highly readable type of novel, the one told mostly in dialogue–and very good dialogue it is, too…. Blackmail is a fun page-turner.”

Lawrence Clay