I Know a Trick Worth Two of That: Sam Holt #2 (Volume 2)

Sam Holt spent years playing Packard, everyone's favorite TV-detective; he's got no desire to play sleuth in real life. But when a long-lost pal calls with a rant about conspiracies, sinister cargo ships and hit men, and then gets poisoned at a party full of Holt's closest friends, there doesn't seem to be a lot of choice. Sure, Holt could leave it to the cops and cross his fingers. But Packard would never have taken such a weenie's way out. And Holt, to his astonishment, finds that he can't take it, either.

Donald Westlake has won three Edgar awards and was named a Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America. His screenplay for "The Grifters" was nominated for an Oscar, and his books are perennial fixtures on the New York Times Bestellers lists.