MASQUERADE IN BLUE

Brod, D.C.

ISBN 10: 0802757928 / ISBN 13: 9780802757920

Published by Walker, N.Y., 1991

About this Item

1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket. "In order to get a claustrophobic reporter friend out of jail (he refuses to divulge sources, etc.), rugged p.i. Quint McCauley (Error in Judgment, 1990; Murder in Store, 1989) agrees to meet the ``Blue Fox,'' and decide for himself whether the activist/environmentalist is guilty of the murder of real-estate developer Leonard Novotny. There were many, it seems, who wanted him dead, including his chilly wife; his alcoholic, banished (for undisclosed reasons) son; his crooked, blackmailing business partner; and most of the membership of SOW (Save Our Wetlands). Meanwhile, someone's putting snakes in Quint's car; a state senator is killed; the Blue Fox is framed again; and tales of Novotny family incest emerge. When the showdown comes, some mob types move in, the current Blue Fox disappears, and Quint learns the identity of the original ``Fox.'' Sturdy, carefully worked-out plot, with clever twists, believable motives, and a bittersweet romance between Quint and sometime-girlfriend Elaine" -- Kirkus Review.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MASQUERADE IN BLUE
• Publisher: Walker, N.Y.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802757928
• ISBN 13: 9780802757920
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Private Investigators
  • Store 10
  • Illinois
  • Journalist
  • XBX 22

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Synopsis

When an Illinois land developer is murdered, the police blame an environmentalist named the Blue Fox, whose real identity is a secret, but reporter Jeff Barlowe thinks others are guilty and asks private investigator Quint McCauley for help

Reviews

In order to get a claustrophobic reporter friend out of jail (he refuses to divulge sources, etc.), rugged p.i. Quint McCauley (Error in Judgment, 1990; Murder in Store, 1989) agrees to meet the ``Blue Fox,'' and decide for himself whether the activist/environmentalist is guilty of the murder of real-estate developer Leonard Novotny. There were many, it seems, who wanted him dead, including his chilly wife; his alcoholic, banished (for undisclosed reasons) son; his crooked, blackmailing business partner; and most of the membership of SOW (Save Our Wetlands). Meanwhile, someone's putting snakes in Quint's car; a state senator is killed; the Blue Fox is framed again; and tales of Novotny family incest emerge. When the showdown comes, some mob types move in, the current Blue Fox disappears, and Quint learns the identity of the original ``Fox.'' Sturdy, carefully worked-out plot, with clever twists, believable motives, and a bittersweet romance between Quint and sometime-girlfriend Elaine. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.