Ask the Right QuestionMeet Albert Samson a detective in the tradition of Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe and Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer. But Samson's no hard boiled clone. For one thing, he doesn't even own a gun. For another, he works in Indianapolis, the apparently unglamorous Midwestern city where he grew up. But the city and its problems are not the stuff of stereotypes. And Samson uses his wits and his contacts to solve his clients'

unsolved murder bears an uncanny resemblance to the crime in Pendleton's novel and a burnt-out cop with secrets of his own

and a long night of betrayal and murder leaves Joe fighting for his own survival

I felt I was out there in the wild

the spoilt Johdila engaged by her parents to Marius Ortiz

as the tensions and pressure in town lead to a deadly conclusion

and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism

to stop Rhino and the trickster jinx box that could wreck both their worlds for ever

Colonel Ellello tells his own story

A Family Affair is a splendid mystery novel that should capture many new fans and will delight (and amaze) the long-standing admirers of Wolfe and Archie

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a secret society and the worlds greatest treasures all converge in James Twinings all new jawdropping thriller featuring reformed art thief Tom Kirk