Westerfield's Chain

Jack Clark

ISBN 13: 9798223336679

Published by Jack Clark Ink, 2002

About this Item

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Westerfield's Chain,' was first published by St. Martin's in 2002, and was a Shamus Award Finalist. KirkusReviews said: 'When someone asks ex homicide cop Nick Acropolis if he misses being on the job, he replies, 'Every fucking day,' acknowledging a painful truth. He misses the work, the camaraderie, but most of all the self-respect, that sense of himself as someone who matters, acquired over the 15 years he served as a high-profile Chicago police detective and snatched from him wrongfully, he insists, by men who knew better. Now Nick's a small-timer, a hand-to-mouth p.i. investigating the peccadilloes of other small-timers and hating every minute of it as he's hating the minute he serendipitously bumps into spunky young Rebecca Westerfield, who's searching for her missing father while Nick's tracking down the missing witness to a minor auto accident. On the surface, there's not much to connect the two cases, but Nick ever regards a surface as the thin veneer of a secret in this case, a lot of secrets, most of them nasty, fraudulent, or positively lethal. Before he's through sleuthing, Nick uncovers a multimillion-dollar welfare scam, solves a brutal murder or two, locates Becky's worthless dad, and lightens the lives of a couple of eminently worthwhile ladies. In addition, he gets to experience the heady pleasures of a higher profile once more as he thumbs his nose at the corps of bilious blue-clad bureaucrats who summarily sacked him.The Chicago Tribune called the book the best mystery of the month and said, 'There's a memorable moment [on] virtually every page.'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Westerfield's Chain
• Publisher: Jack Clark Ink
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798223336679
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 280W x 216H x 16D millimeters 280 millimeters width by 216 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 755 grams

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Synopsis

"Westerfield's Chain," was first published by St. Martin's in 2002, and was a Shamus Award Finalist. KirkusReviews said: "When someone asks ex-homicide cop Nick Acropolis if he misses being on the job, he replies, "Every fucking day," acknowledging a painful truth. He misses the work, the camaraderie, but most of all the self-respect, that sense of himself as someone who matters, acquired over the 15 years he served as a high-profile Chicago police detective--and snatched from him wrongfully, he insists, by men who knew better. Now Nick's a small-timer, a hand-to-mouth p.i. investigating the peccadilloes of other small-timers and hating every minute of it--as he's hating the minute he serendipitously bumps into spunky young Rebecca Westerfield, who's searching for her missing father while Nick's tracking down the missing witness to a minor auto accident. On the surface, there's not much to connect the two cases, but Nick ever regards a surface as the thin veneer of a secret--in this case, a lot of secrets, most of them nasty, fraudulent, or positively lethal. Before he's through sleuthing, Nick uncovers a multimillion-dollar welfare scam, solves a brutal murder or two, locates Becky's worthless dad, and lightens the lives of a couple of eminently worthwhile ladies. In addition, he gets to experience the heady pleasures of a higher profile once more as he thumbs his nose at the corps of bilious blue-clad bureaucrats who summarily sacked him.

The Chicago Tribune called the book the best mystery of the month and said, "There's a memorable moment [on] virtually every page."

About the Author

Jack Clark was the winner of the Page One Award from the Chicago Newspaper Guild for feature writing. His novel "Westerfield's Chain," was a finalist for the Shamus Award. The Chicago Tribune called that book "The best mystery of the month," and said there was a memorable moment "on virtually every page." His novel "Nobody's Angel," earned him an appearance on NPR's Fresh Air. The book was called "A gem," by the Washington Post and "Just about perfect." He is also the co-author of "On the Home Front," a collection of his mother's stories about her younger days in Chicago. Besides writing, Jack has also worked as a long haul furniture mover/truck driver for Allied Van Lines and as a Chicago cabdriver.