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Synopsis
When master falconer Chester Carew is found dead in the woods, private investigator Frank Pavlicek doesn't buy the official report of an accidental shooting. Hunting for clues, Frank stumbles across evidence of a toxic agent contaminating the area - something the authorities refuse to discuss. The trail leads to a shadowy group of domestic terrorists - and to Frank's former NYPD partner, Jake Toronto, who is accused of being involved with their plot.
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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
"A book this good, and this original, helps remind me why I started reading mysteries in the first place." -- Steve Hamilton - Edgar Winning Author of ICE RUN
"Andy Straka soars to wonderful heights with his latest Pavlicek tale." -- Midwest Book Review
"Frank Pavlicek is a breath of fresh air in the field of private eye fiction." -- Jeffery Deaver - NY Times Bestselling Author of THE VANISHED MAN
"Spencer fans take hold, there is a new kid on the block!" -- Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin Book Club
An intriguing series featuring the likeable Frank Pavlicek and the ancient sport of falconry. -- C.J. Box, author of Savage Run
Frank Pavlicek is a breath of fresh air in the field of private eye fiction-witty, sharp, and flesh-and-blood real. -- Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of The Vanished Man and The Stone Monkey
I couldn't put it down! ...more pure suspense in this book than anything else I've read this year. -- Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award-winning author of North of Nowhere and the forthcoming Blood Is the Sky
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- PublisherThorndike Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1410417905
- ISBN 13 9781410417909
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages382
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