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Los Angeles detective Blue Maguire and Spaceman Kowalski track the killer of a young girl and a Vietnamese refugee, a killer whose obsession with a king's ransom in jewels also draws other seekers
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In this breathtakingly fast-paced, snappily written thriller, White depicts three Vietnam veterans immersed in crime, and two gruff but likable detectives who diligently stalk them through both the dilapidated and the ostentatious neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Lars "Wolf" Morgan, a homicidal opportunist, plans to commandeer a fortune in diamonds due to arrive in America from Vietnam. He enlists two former Vietnam comrades: high-priced hustler Toby Reardon, and Devlin Conway, an acclaimed photographer. The debauched trio vie for the jewels with affluent drug kingpin Papa D., as well as with rapacious members of L.A.'s Vietnamese community. When Morgan starts murdering his foes, the killings come to the attention of detectives Blue Maguire, a wealthy Vietnam vet, and "Spaceman" Kowalski, whose problems include his morose teenage son. As the action builds to a climactic showdown between Morgan's group and their rivals, Maguire also works on a personal dilemmaidentifying the person making cryptic, anonymous phone calls to him. White (Bleeding Hearts highlights the suspenseful tale with ironic wit and sharply edged characterizations; it is bursting with mayhem and surprises galore.
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- PublisherMysterious Pr
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0445405791
- ISBN 13 9780445405790
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages228
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TIGHT ROPE
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Mysterious Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1987
ISBN 10: 0445405791
ISBN 13: 9780445405790
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Seller: The Book Abyss, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- (The second book in the Blue Maguire and Spaceman Kowalski Mystery series) --- Blue Maguire and Spaceman Kowalski are assigned to investigate multiple murders---committed in attempts to lay hands on some recently smuggled jewels. . Seller Inventory # 13997
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Tightrope
Published by
Mysterious Press, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0445405791
ISBN 13: 9780445405790
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Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. LAPD detectives Blue Maguire and Spaceman Kowalski investigate multiple murders committed in an attempt to recover jewels smuggled out of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. First paperback printing. Bumped and rubbed with creases to the spine and lower front corner. Inscribed on the title page "To Don - Best wishes. Teri White Oct. '87.". Inscribed By the Author. Seller Inventory # D200279
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