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If reading were a marriage I would be the worst. I suffer from Librid Infedelis. I pick up books, start to read them and find myself distracted and move on only to come back to the original book. I suppose that I am married to Lord of the Rings in the way Spencer Tracy was married but was with Katharine Hepburn.About The Banker, from the publisher:
I am currently reading Amor Towles's Table For Two. An old and dear friend recommended it as it reminded her of me and a good friend whom I lived with in the 1990s. She was spot on. I am about half way through it which is usually when my book infidelity strikes. I can say, with great envy for his craft, that I wish I was half the writer Towles is. He writes beautifully and captivatingly.
I recently read the first four Havana novels, Havana Red, Havana Black, Havana Blue and Havana Gold, by Leonardo Padura. They are police procedurals set in Havana Cuba in the 1980's. About ten years ago...[read on]
Embezzlement, murder, and beautiful women . . . Andy Roark, Vietnam veteran turned private investigator is on the case in this thrilling hardboiled mystery that’s perfect for fans of Robert B. Parker and Jeremiah Healy.Visit Peter Colt's website.
Boston, 1986. Spring in Boston is always a miserable affair, and Andy Roark’s latest case offers nothing to raise his spirits. The ex-military operative turned private investigator has been hired by a bank president to investigate three ofhis staff. One of them has embezzled over two million dollars – and Brock wants Roark to find out who’s living above their means.
Sounds exciting enough, but after two weeks' tedious surveillance uncovers a grand total of nothing, Roark gives it up as a bad job. Brock needs a forensic accountant on the case, not a PI.
But several weeks later, the bank is held up, and one of Brock’s suspects is murdered by the robber. Is there a connection? Roark can’t see how, but he’s never been a fan of coincidence.
With the case niggling at him, he relaunches an investigation on his own dime. Soon he’s rubbing shoulders with some very shady characters – and trying his best not just to solve the case, but also to come out of it alive.
Written by a US Army veteran and New England police officer, the Andy Roark mystery series will appeal to fans of classic private detective novels, packed with wry humor, unexpected twists and explosive scenes.
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