Roscoe Kane is one of the last-and, in Mallory's opinion, best-of the old-school mystery writers. Back in the day, he turned out crime thrillers filled with babes, bullets, and tough-guy banter. But today Kane is filled with bitterness over the nosedive his career took after he sued a publisher. For Mallory, who learned his craft at Kane's knee, it's tough watching his literary hero drown his sorrows in booze-but it's a million times tougher finding the old master drowned in a hotel bathtub.
Some call it ironic that Kane meets his end in the middle of Bouchercon, the famed convention that's a mecca for mystery writers. The Chicago coroner calls it a drunken mishap. But Mallory spies treachery mingled with the tragedy.
Just like a classic whodunit, there's a gallery full of suspects-from a scorned ex-wife and an ostracized gay son to an underhanded publisher and a roster of rival writers with axes to grind. Throw in a knockout dame who gives Mallory a private eyeful, an alluring widow who's not too sad to be seductive, and a clutch of thugs who let their knuckles do the talking, and Mallory has his hands full finding justice for his hero.
| ISBN: | 9781612185224 |
| Publication date: | 11th December 2012 |
| Author: | Max Allan Collins |
| Publisher: | Thomas & Mercer an imprint of Amazon Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | A Mallory Mystery |
| Genres: |
Historical crime and mysteries |