Killer on Argyle Street: A Paul Whelan Mystery (Paul Whelan Mysteries, 4) - Softcover

Raleigh, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626817669 ISBN 13: 9781626817661

Publisher: Diversion Books, 2015

Synopsis

"This series is a small treasure." ―BOOKLIST

Chicago Private Investigator Paul Whelan takes the case when an elderly woman asks him to look into the disappearance of Tony Blanchard, a young man she'd taken in after his parents died. Instead, Whelan discovers a string of murders, all tied to a car-theft ring.

All the evidence suggests that Tony is dead as well, but Whelan keeps digging until he finds himself surrounded by a dangerous maze of silent witnesses, crooked cops, and people willing to kill to keep the truth from surfacing. When a friend from Whelan's past emerges―a friend Whelan thought long dead―his investigation takes a dangerous turn; one that brings him no closer to Tony, and a lot closer to his own demise.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Raleigh has taught at Truman College for the past fourteen years.

From Publishers Weekly:

After three stellar books (most recently, The Maxwell Street Blues), the grungy charms of shamus Paul Whelan and his domain, the equally unslick Uptown region of Chicago, are dulled by dragged-out pacing in this fourth effort. A prologue describes a murder near the lake, committed by a sinister man with a talent for disguise. The action then cuts to Whelan taking on the case of a missing teenage boy in the Vietnamese section of the city. It turns out that the missing kid was employed by the man killed in the prologue, as were several other criminal types, all also dead. As the hunt for the boy quickly segues into a hunt for the killer, Raleigh details Whelan's diet of dirt-cheap food, booze and coffee, his bad luck with babes and his dealings with pals and clients-who tend to come from the lower social strata. But the narrative wheels spin too long in nameless bars and diners before finding traction in the relationship between the current case and some figures from Whelan's past. Although not up to the high standard of previous titles, the vividness of Raleigh's Chicago and Chicagoans still raises this entry above average.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Diversion Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1626817669
• ISBN 13: 9781626817661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266