Called By a Panther - Softcover

Lewin, Michael Z

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446401595 ISBN 13: 9780446401593

Publisher: Mysterious Press, 1992

Synopsis

Agreeing to play the "gumshoe" at a murder party, private eye Albert Samson soon realizes the party may bring him work when he meets a marriage-minded poet who hires Samson to woo a wealthy benefactress. Reprint.

About this title

From Kirkus Reviews:

Albert Samson, Indianapolis's most likably raffish private eye (Out of Season, etc.), returns after a too-long sabbatical to take on two cases: tailing socialite Charlotte Vivien for her possessive, marital-minded prot‚g‚, tame poet Quentin Quayle (who begins by asking Samson to vet his story about his fictional wife being murdered--a device to clear the way for the nuptials), and--more important-- locating a bomb stolen from the Scum Front, a gang of toothless environmental terrorists, before its new owners depart from Scum Front protocol by blowing it up. The cases merge in a predictable but highly satisfying way, but not before Samson sneezes in the fingerprint powder at Mrs. Vivien's murder party, goes public with a cable TV ad that brings an armed fruitcake to his office, and gets fingered as a terrorist by his old buddy Captain Jerry Miller. Despite an oddly inconclusive ending, a good time is had by all, especially smart-talking, dumb-acting Samson and his readers. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From Library Journal:

Midwest detective Albert Samson, rather off the wall and full of acerbic comments, slides into apparent crass materialism when he stages a mystery murder for a wealthy woman's guests. Back at his office, a group of disguised women, who plant disconnected bombs for environmentalist publicity, pay him to locate a stolen bomb. No one wants anyone hurt, and Samson, not particularly macho, hates confrontation, so the plot proceeds with humor and short, jumpy paragraphs. Primarily for Samson fans.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0446401595
• ISBN 13: 9780446401593
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 272