The Hanged Man - Hardcover

Satterthwait, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312098278 ISBN 13: 9780312098278

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1993

Synopsis

Quentin Bouvier, a magician and possibly a reincarnated Egyptian pharoah, has been hanged from the rafters. Stolen from his room was an extremely valuable antique tarot card. Clearly, someone at the convention was responsible for the murder and the theft. Giacamo Bernardi, a tarot reader, is under arrest, but his public defender hires Joshua Croft to prove his innocence. His investigation introduces Croft to a new side of Santa Fe: Suspects include astrologers and psychics, a young hermit immersed in "Spiritual Alchemy," an aging movie star who acts as medium for an entity from Alpha Centauri, a Native American shaman who gets accountants in touch with the warrior within, and a ravishing, mysterious Asian woman whose equally mysterious brother displays a near-lethal familiarity with martial arts. Danger lurks beneath the placid surface of psychic serenity, and the closer Croft gets to a solution, the more he risks entering another dimension a little sooner than he planned.

About this title

From the Publisher:

At a meeting of Santa Fe’s leading New Age healers, Quentin Bouvier, a magician and possibly a reincarnated Egyptian pharaoh, has been hanged from the rafters. The police quickly arrest Giacamo Bernardi, a tarot reader, and charge him with the murder.

About the Author:

Walter Satterthwait (b. 1946) is an author of mysteries and historical fiction. A fan of mystery novels from a young age, he spent high school immersed in the works of Dashiell Hammett and Mickey Spillane. While working as a bartender in New York in the late 1970s, he wrote his first book: an adventure novel, Cocaine Blues (1979), about a drug dealer on the run from a pair of killers. 

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0312098278
• ISBN 13: 9780312098278
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258