Death at the Old Hotel: A Bartender Brian McNulty Mystery - Hardcover

Lehane, Con

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031232300X ISBN 13: 9780312323004

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2007

Synopsis

Tensions are high and the dangers multiply as New York City bartender and man-about-the-mean-streets Brian McNulty---always a sucker for the plight of the little guy---joins forces with a motley crew of workers from the old Savoy Hotel.
 
McNulty has once more run afoul of the powers that be in the New York City hotel and restaurant industry and finds himself exiled to a down-at-the heels hotel in, for him, the far reaches of civilization---Manhattan, west of Eighth Avenue. Not long into his tenure, a vicious attack on one of his fellow bartenders raises the stakes and puts everyone on edge, and it doesn't take much for the hotel manager to provoke the outraged workers into a strike. Once they hit the bricks, all hell breaks loose, and it isn't long until the bodies start to fall.
 
The cops focus in on two of McNulty's pals, a renegade Irishman and a pretty, young waitress from Brooklyn, both with closets full of secrets and buckets full of problems of their own. McNulty thinks the cops, as usual, are barking up the wrong tree, but that's the least of his problems. The hits in this particular instance have angered the gods of gangsterland, and someone has determined that McNulty is a problem.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Outstanding Praise for Con Lehane and the Bartender Brian McNulty Mystery Series
 
"Forget the glitterati, the Eurotrash, and the robber barons. Brian McNulty is my kind of New Yorker, and Con Lehane writes about the New York I love."
---S.J. Rozan, author of In This Rain on Death at the Old Hotel "A fierce novel in the Irish sense...it may well prove to be the definitive Irish-American saga. A dark emerald, lit by old glory...a true masterpiece of slow burn."
---Ken Bruen, author of Priest, on Death at the Old Hotel
 
"Top-shelf fiction, a Crown Royal ride into the heart of Night and New York. Con Lehane's work is reminiscent of the best of Lawrence Block, which is to say that this is very good stuff, indeed."
---George Pelecanos, author of The Night Gardener, on What Goes Around Comes Around
 
"Sparkles with insight. Even better, smells like New York. Con Lehane can really write."
---Kinky Friedman, author of Cowboy Logic, on What Goes Around Comes Around
 
"A marathon pub crawl with a world-class raconteur, only without the skull-cracker of a headache the next morning. Con Lehane is a first-class writer with a real command of character and a rare sense of place."
---Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest, on What Goes Around Comes Around
 
"Mainstream prose, clever plotting, and a sympathetic hero recommend this sequel. Devotees of Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder hard-boiled series may enjoy."
---Library Journal on What Goes Around Comes Around
 
"Merits a warm welcome from readers who prize originality and insight."
---Publishers Weekly, "Best Mysteries 2002," on Beware the Solitary Drinker

About the Author

Con Lehane has been a union organizer and a college professor, and was, for more than a decade, a bartender. After spending most of his life in and around New York City, he now works as a labor journalist and lives in a Washington, D.C., suburb with his wife and two sons. This is his third novel in the Bartender Brian McNulty Mystery series; previous titles include Beware the Solitary Drinker and What Goes Around Comes Around. Please visit his Web site at www.conlehane.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 031232300X
• ISBN 13: 9780312323004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240