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When the phone rings long after midnight, Dallas private eye Ed Earl Burch finds himself in a lethal predicament in this hard-boiled thriller. The story unfolds from the gleaming towers of Houston to the charms of New Orleans and the stark desert mountains of Texas and northern Mexico. Burch, a former homicide detective with bad knees and an empty bank account, is hired to protect an old flame after her husband, a Houston financier, disappears following a scam that involved dangerous men from New Orleans. What begins as a simple job quickly spirals out of control, thrusting Burch into a ruthless game where trust is a luxury he cannot afford. Tempted by money and sex, he grapples with his own moral code, especially when his old flame—a fiery strawberry blonde with a penchant for betrayal—enters the scene. The stakes rise as the New Orleans gentlemen send hitmen to reclaim their stolen goods, and Burch confronts Cider Jones, a Houston detective with a personal vendetta against him. When Burch’s best friend is murdered, he feels responsible and embarks on a quest for vengeance that leads to a bloody form of redemption. The relentless action culminates in a lonely white chapel in an abandoned mining town across the Rio Grande.
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The Right Wrong Number, Jim Nesbitt
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2016
- Reliure
- (souple)
Modes de paiement
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- Titre
- The Right Wrong Number
- Sous-titre
- An Ed Earl Burch Novel
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Jim Nesbitt
- Éditeur
- Spotted Mule Press
- Publié
- 2016
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 306
- ISBN10
- 0998329401
- ISBN13
- 9780998329406
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Polars, Noir
- Description
- When the phone rings long after midnight, Dallas private eye Ed Earl Burch finds himself in a lethal predicament in this hard-boiled thriller. The story unfolds from the gleaming towers of Houston to the charms of New Orleans and the stark desert mountains of Texas and northern Mexico. Burch, a former homicide detective with bad knees and an empty bank account, is hired to protect an old flame after her husband, a Houston financier, disappears following a scam that involved dangerous men from New Orleans. What begins as a simple job quickly spirals out of control, thrusting Burch into a ruthless game where trust is a luxury he cannot afford. Tempted by money and sex, he grapples with his own moral code, especially when his old flame—a fiery strawberry blonde with a penchant for betrayal—enters the scene. The stakes rise as the New Orleans gentlemen send hitmen to reclaim their stolen goods, and Burch confronts Cider Jones, a Houston detective with a personal vendetta against him. When Burch’s best friend is murdered, he feels responsible and embarks on a quest for vengeance that leads to a bloody form of redemption. The relentless action culminates in a lonely white chapel in an abandoned mining town across the Rio Grande.