Bolero (A Nick Sayler Novel, 1)

McDonell, Joanie

ISBN 10: 1469210002 ISBN 13: 9781469210001

Publisher: Brilliance Audio, 2013

Synopsis

Bolero introduces Nick Sayler, the private investigator who lives aboard a Hudson River barge with a brilliant savant, a retired psychiatrist and a stunning Creole girl. But Sayler’s haunted by memories of the woman who took a bullet meant for him, so his good life is belied by a bad drinking habit. Then an emergency room doctor’s desperate call about a ballerina with no memory and nothing on her except his card, changes everything. If he can dip into his notorious past to uncover the secret that will save the dancer, maybe he can finally save himself. “Joanie McDonell’s Bolero is an auspicious debut ― sophisticated, stylish, and sexy. We shall be hearing a lot more about Nick Sayler, a disenchanted hero in the classic mode.” ― Benjamin Black, author of Christine Falls

About this title

About the Author:

Joanie McDonell, who once spent a lot of time aboard a barge very much like the Dumb Luck, now lives on the beach near the eastern end of Long Island. She's written poems, screenplays, the novel Half Crazy, and The Little Book of Hope. She is currently at work on the next book featuring Private Investigator Nick Sayler.

From Booklist:

Guarded, emotionally scarred Nick Saylor has finally found contentment as a reputable private investigator and bodyguard, happily sharing a Hudson River barge-turned-homestead with his psychiatrist father-figure and his sidekick, an investigative genius. Their contented domesticity seems unshakable until a desperate ER doctor awakens Nick one night, claiming that a Saylor Security business card is the only link his brutally assaulted, amnesiac patient has to her former life. Nick reluctantly rides to the rescue and begins the daunting task of identifying the woman, whose battered ballet dancer’s feet provide the only useful clue. Further complicating matters, the dancer’s attackers pursue them to Nick’s barge, and he has his hands full protecting her and his boatful of roommates. Nick simultaneously hunts and fights off the attackers as the action shifts from hospital to barge to multimillion-dollar mansion to fabulous NYC apartment to NYC expressway. At the same time, he’s fighting attraction to his client, who hauntingly resembles a lost love. An action-filled, exhilarating escape with thrills similar to those of Michael Koryta’s Lincoln Perry adventures. --Christine Tran

About this edition

• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1469210002
• ISBN 13: 9781469210001
• Binding: Audio CD