Brass Rainbow - Softcover

Michael Collins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0867210168 ISBN 13: 9780867210163

Publisher: Playboy Mass Market Paperbacks, 1982

Synopsis

A Minneapolis PI investigates the murder of the man who killed his wife

Holland Taylor is comfortable in interrogation rooms. For years the cold dark cells of the Minneapolis homicide squad were his turf, and with the help of his partner he wrung confessions out of countless killers. But that was long ago. Tonight Taylor is on the other side of the desk. Tonight he is the suspect.

Taylor's career in the department ended after his wife and daughter were killed in a drunk driving accident. The culprit, John Brown, was sentenced to a measly six years for vehicular manslaughter, and Taylor vowed bloody vengeance in front of open court. After a few months of freedom, Brown is shot dead, and Taylor, now a private investigator, is called in as the obvious suspect. He didn't kill John Brown, but he will find out who did it - even it means tearing Minneapolis apart from the inside out.

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About the Author

Dennis Lynds wrote some 40 books and 200 short stories. His Dan Fortune novels are considered one of America's most classic and beloved series of detective mysteries.  He won numerous awards including the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Private Eye Writers of America. His work was chosen for Best American Short Stories and Best Mystery and Suspense Stories. A teenage rifleman in World War II, he came home with a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. He went on to earn degrees in chemistry and journalism and was a New York magazine editor for many years.  Born in 1924, he died in 2005.  Obituaries celebrating him appeared around the globe. His career had lasted more than fifty years. "To spin tales as intriguing and thought provoking as Lynds's for decades is a remarkable enough achievement. Even more remarkable is the sustained quality." - Los Angeles Times

Review

• "The man who won the Mystery Writers of America award ... has given readers another exceptional story." - Parade of Books
• "Skillfully plotted with finely honed suspense." - The New York Times
• "Lynds is one of the major imaginative creations in the crime field."  - Ross Macdonald
• "With the creation of one-armed detective Dan Fortune, Lynds helped revive the old-fashioned detective yarn."  - Tulsa World

About this edition

• Publisher: Playboy Mass Market Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0867210168
• ISBN 13: 9780867210163
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 187