Ken Bruen provides an introduction to McBride’s debut romp, which features Nick Valentine, a St. Louis PI who downs weird combinations of alcohol and pills; loves his Yorkshire terrier, Frank Sinatra; and helps cops and crooks with equal, if spaced out, panache. A well-planned, poorly executed credit union robbery leaves a fortune missing and in the hands of a tweaker (meth user) called Telly. After robbery mastermind Joe Parker charges his vicious henchmen, Sid Godwin and Johnny No Nuts, with retrieving the loot, Valentine throws in with thieves Big Tony Sparrow and Doyle to get there first. At the same time, Valentine has also promised to help ace police detective Ron Beachy solve a related crime. High-octane, casually brutal action keeps the story slipping and sliding through the icy winter streets with touches of macabre humor providing laughter even amid the carnage. Fans of offbeat characters and grisly noir are in for a treat. Agent: Stacia Decker, DMLA. (Dec.)
Nick Valentine has problems. He¿s a drunken ex-cop who lives in his shabby office, hangs out at strip clubs, and has only one real friend¿Frank Sinatra. But he¿s one of the best private investigators in Saint Louis. So when an inept crew robs a credit union, only Valentine can figure out who made off with the millions¿because sometimes solving a crime takes a hard guy who¿s not afraid to work outside the law. Valentine swerves through the underbelly of Saint Louis looking for answers, and with every law he breaks, every drink he takes, and every OxyContin he snorts, he lurches closer to finding the truth¿or floating facedown in the Missouri River.
Brutally funny and wild, this no-holds-barred crime novel reads like Elmore Leonard on meth: crazy and addictive¿you¿ll want more.
Nick Valentine has problems. He¿s a drunken ex-cop who lives in his shabby office, hangs out at strip clubs, and has only one real friend¿Frank Sinatra. But he¿s one of the best private investigators in Saint Louis. So when an inept crew robs a credit union, only Valentine can figure out who made off with the millions¿because sometimes solving a crime takes a hard guy who¿s not afraid to work outside the law. Valentine swerves through the underbelly of Saint Louis looking for answers, and with every law he breaks, every drink he takes, and every OxyContin he snorts, he lurches closer to finding the truth¿or floating facedown in the Missouri River.
Brutally funny and wild, this no-holds-barred crime novel reads like Elmore Leonard on meth: crazy and addictive¿you¿ll want more.
Frank Sinatra in a Blender
Frank Sinatra in a Blender
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| BN ID: | 2940169549089 |
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| Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 04/01/2013 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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