The Last Detective See The Last Striptease (Playaway Adult Fiction) Details
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In his impressive and confident debut, Michael Wiley delivers a thrilling tale about how greed and revenge play out on the streets of Chicago.
Private eye Joe Kozmarski has just been asked to clear his childhood friend Bob Piedras of murder. Bob’s latest girlfriend, a young Vietnamese-American beauty, has turned up dead in an airport hotel. No one’s very surprised. She had a taste for hard liquor, drugs, and stripping in front of a camera. And Bob has a history of violence. But Bob's boss, retired judge Peter Rifkin, is convinced Bob is innocent and he thinks Joe is the one to find the real killer.
But Joe’s life is complicated. He hasn't spoken to Rifkin for fifteen years---ever since his father, now dead, found out that the judge had double-crossed him. The dead woman’s brothers, a pair of tough guys, are bent on being the first to find and punish her murderer. On top of that, Joe and his wife have separated and his mother has dropped his eleven-year-old nephew on him. But the more obstacles Joe encounters, the more determined he becomes to see this case through.
Since its beginning, the PWA/SMP Best First Private Eye Novel Contest has accomplished its mission of finding amazing new talent in mystery writing. With vividly realized characters and a page-turning story line, The Last Striptease is the latest in what has become a long tradition of excellent crime fiction.
The Last Striptease (Playaway Adult Fiction) Reviews
The Last Detective : The Last Striptease (Playaway Adult Fiction) Reviews
| 15 of 16 people found the following review helpful  Couldn't put it down!, By This review is from: The Last Striptease (Hardcover) I have the misfortune to wear out the flight pattern between Chicago and Dallas. Accordingly, I spend a great deal of time waiting out the inevitable delays at the DFW Chili's over a margarita big enough to drown a small puppy. This book was my first step toward sobriety. I had difficulty putting it down, let alone draining my drink, so I didn't (do either). With short breaks for boarding, deplaning and hailing a cab in Chicago, I read it straight through, finishing at 4AM. The author's use of language had me coveting the highlighter belonging to the traveler in seat 23B so as to commit to memory phrasing I could use at social events. "The chrome window faced like a stone drunk who wouldn't tell you what was inside his head no matter how many times you slapped him" I could almost smell the car chase around the Belmont El. It was gritty and funny and absorbing.Bravo! I can't wait for the next one.... 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful  Probably the First of Many, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: The Last Striptease (Hardcover) I was put on to this author by the Amazon Book Recommendations. You know, the ones they think you might like because you ordered such and such an author. That got me to look up the book and then I have to admit that Elizabeth Malloy's review on here cinched it for me.I didn't read it straight through, although I might have if I had been doing the airplane thing between Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth. Mr. Wiley knows how to write which gives the lie to the notion that "those that can't do teach." He not only talks the talk, he most assuredly walks the walk. I am looking forward to the second installment of Joe Kozmarsky. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful Good Fast Read, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: The Last Striptease (Hardcover) Terrific first book by Mr. Wiley. I'm already a fan of Joe Kozmarski, and that's not said lightly -- I consider Jack Reacher and Joe Pike good friends :) I am truly anticipating the release of his second book. |
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