The Master Builders: A Riley King Mystery (Riley King Mysteries) - Softcover

Neer, Richard

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9781533232625: The Master Builders: A Riley King Mystery (Riley King Mysteries)

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ISBN 10: 1533232628 ISBN 13: 9781533232625

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

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A fast-paced thriller, The Master Builders will keep you guessing from Page One.

Is the system rigged so that only thieves reap rewards, while honest hardworking folks get the shaft? Johnny "TheSnake" Serpente is a former Brooklyn mobster, a ruthless sociopath who's made a fortune building public housing using banned toxic materials that will endanger his tenants' health for generations. He has a stunning trophy wife who cheats on him indiscriminately.

Builder Derek Davis has lost everything on a visionary project that he believed would change the way America lives, and is reduced to doing odd jobs to survive. To add to his woes, he's been beaten senseless ---likely on Serpente's orders in retaliation for an imaginary affair with his wife.

His best friend, private investigator Riley King,uncovers Serpente's corruption and is determined to make him pay. As a sidebenefit, he intends to bed the man's seductive spouse.

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About the Author:

"The Master Builders" is Richard Neer's second novel, following the success of "Something of the Night". Both books feature detective Riley King and his talk radio ally Rick Stone as they investigate crime along the eastern seaboard. His work of non-fiction entitled "FM, the Rise and Fall of Rock Radio", (Villard 2001), is the true story of how corporate interests destroyed a medium that millions grew up cherishing. Neer has worked in important roles at two of the most prestigious and groundbreaking radio stations in history--the progressive rocker WNEW-FM for almost thirty years, and the nation's first full time sports talker, WFAN, over the past twenty-eight. He currently is completing his next novel, "Indian Summer", which follows the same protagonists.

Review:

"Shady contractors have seldom been as dangerous or thrilling as in Richard Neer's The Master Builders, featuring P.I. Riley King. As crafted by Neer, the former FBI agent is a nuanced,layered, likeable protagonist who leaps from the page and digs deep to find the truth. The Master Builders is King's second adventure (after Something of the Night) and I look forward to the next one and the one after that!"
--Paul Levine, New York Times Bestselling Author of Bum Rap

"Neer's The MasterBuilders is a masterwork ofmodern PI fiction. Charlotte's streets may not seem as mean or as dark as NewYork's or LA's, but don't be fooled. Wherever there's money to be made, there'spotential for mayhem, and ex-FBI agent Riley King finds more than hisshare.Sometimes, it finds him."
-- Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author ofWhere It Hurts

"The MasterBuilders is aptly named--not just because ofthe subject matter butbecause Richard Neer does a masterful job of building a suspensefulplot around a fascinatingly flawed--but eminently sympathetic--main character.You won't want to put it down."
--John Feinstein, New York Times bestselling author

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