Death On The Rocks: A Mystery Introducing Jacob Lomax

Allegretto, Michael

ISBN 10: 0684187582 / ISBN 13: 9780684187587

Published by Scribner, New York, 1987

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First printing. AS NEW. Winner of the Shamus Award for Private Investigator Novel.

Seller Inventory # 018503

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death On The Rocks: A Mystery Introducing Jacob Lomax
• Publisher: Scribner, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684187582
• ISBN 13: 9780684187587
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

After Phillip Townsend dies in a car crash west of Denver, private eye Jacob Lomax, hired to investigate the accident, discovers that the dead man, a pillar of the community, is the star of a porno film and follows a trial that leads to murder

About the Author

Michael Allegretto (b. 1944) is an American author of thrillers and mystery fiction best known for creating Colorado private detective Jacob Lomax. Raised in Colorado, Allegretto spent his youth listening to the stories of his father, a Denver police officer whose experiences he later used as the basis for his first books. He made his debut in 1987 with Death on the Rocks, a story of murder, blackmail, and pornography that introduced Allegretto’s only series character: Jacob Lomax, an ex-cop who becomes a private detective after the brutal murder of his wife.

Lomax would star in four more novels, including Blood Stone (1988), The Dead of Winter (1989), and Grave Doubt (1995). In the early 1990s, Allegretto began writing standalone novels, including the Christmas suspense story Night of Reunion (1990) and the fast-paced family thriller The Watchmen (1991).