A Witness Above (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery Series) - Hardcover

Straka, Andy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410417891 ISBN 13: 9781410417893

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2009

Synopsis

#1 Bestseller (free) on Amazon * Anthony, Shamus, and Agatha Award Nominee 

"Pavlicek is a breath of fresh air in the field of private eye fiction." 
--Jeffery Deaver 

Over 225,000 copies downloaded/sold! 
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Thirteen years ago, Frank Pavlicek left the NYPD under less than ideal circumstances. Now, the divorced father of a teenage daughter, he works as a private investigator in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he indulges his passion for falconry - and tries to live outside the shadow of his past. 
Frank is hunting with his red-tailed hawk, Armistead, when he finds it. A teenage boy's body - barely concealed behind a pile of brush in a part of the forest Frank recently visited with his daughter, Nicole. It's a truly gruesome crime scene - one of the many things Frank doesn't miss about working homicide in the big city. 

But what Frank finds in the dead boy's wallet is even more disturbing: Nicole's phone number, scribbled in ink on the edge of a bill. He pockets the evidence and flees. Days later, his daughter is in jail. His past is coming back to haunt him. And his reputation - and life - are on the line... 

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Originally published by NAL/Signet/Penguin.

About this title

About the Author

Publisher's Weekly has featured Andy Straka as one of a new crop of "rising stars in crime fiction." His books include A WITNESS ABOVE (Anthony, Agatha, and Shamus Award finalist), A KILLING SKY (Anthony Award Finalist), COLD QUARRY (Shamus Award Winner), KITTY HITTER (called a "great read" by Library Journal), and RECORD OF WRONGS, hailed by Mystery Scene magazine as "a first-rate thriller." Andy has worked as a book editor, movie production accommodation agent, commercial building owner and consulting vice president for a large specialty physician's practice, surgical implant and pharmaceutical sales representative, college textbook sales and manuscript acquisition representative, web offset press paper jogger, laborer on a city road crew, summer recreation youth director, camp counselor, youth basketball coach, assistant parts manager at an auto dealership, assistant manager at a McDonalds restaurant, and even been registered as a private investigator. (Not to mention a longstanding stint as a stay-at-home Dad to six, which makes neurosurgery look like tiddlywinks.) A licensed falconer and co-founder of the popular Crime Wave at the annual Virginia Festival of the Book, Andy is a native of upstate New York and a graduate of Williams College where, as co-captain of the basketball team, he "double-majored" in English and the crossover dribble. He lives with his family in Virginia.

Review

Storytelling as sharp and strong as talons. --RICK RIORDAN - #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

Aside from good writing, an interesting plot, and the unusual aspect of the falconry, it's nice to see someone come along with a new P.I. who is not drowning in wisecracks. Andy Straka has managed to avoid the more obvious cliches of the genre while continuing to pay, homage to the conventions of it. Straka should be proud. --ROBERT J. RANDISI, Founder, Private Eye Writers of America

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1410417891
• ISBN 13: 9781410417893
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 401