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Cargando... The Ransom Game (Penguin crime fiction) (1981)por Howard Engel
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Has the kidnapper been kidnapped? A mystery in the detective series known for "full-bodied characters, sharp dialogue, and rich humor" (Booklist). It's February and Ontario is frozen--along with Benny Cooperman's private investigation business. That is, until Muriel Falkirk knocks on Cooperman's door. Her boyfriend, Johnny Rosa, is missing. A decade earlier, Rosa had been involved in the kidnapping of an heiress. He was sent to prison and the ransom money was never recovered--and now that he's out on parole, he's nowhere to be found. As it turns out, Cooperman isn't the only one on his trail . . . From the Arthur Ellis Award-winning author of The Suicide Murders, this is a witty, compelling mystery "steadily enlivened by Engel's unassuming style and the textured personality (a kind of Donald Lamm/Lew Archer amalgam with Jewish overtones) of likable Benny" (Kirkus Reviews). "Mr. Engel is a born writer, a natural stylist. This is a writer who can bring a character to life in a few lines." --Ruth Rendell The Ransom Game is the second book in the Benny Cooperman Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Johnny is out of jail now, but he's got lots of folks out looking for him. Him or the half a million dollars ransom he managed to collect on the kidnapping that sent him to jail. Once word gets out that Benny is on the case, he's got folks looking for him, too.Things, naturally, take a few twists, and somebody winds up dead. Will Benny figure out who's behind it all before he's dead, too?
I don't read a lot of noir, but I found myself thinking about my friends here who would enjoy this book. It's different from my usual read, but I liked it too. I couldn't help guessing that Benny was making a few dumb mistakes, but it turned out that he was one step ahead of me too. This is the second in the series, and I didn't read the first, but I don't feel like I missed anything by reading them out of order. Probably out of print, but if you like the genre, worth looking for. ( )