Bino's Blues " Signed "

Gray, A. W.

ISBN 10: 0671881868 / ISBN 13: 9780671881863

Published by Simon & Schuster, 1995

About this Item

1995. Hardback. Fine. First Edition. First Print. Signed by the author on the title page, signature only. An excellent addition to your collection. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Books are packed and shipped in boxes.

Seller Inventory # 11579

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bino's Blues " Signed "
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671881868
• ISBN 13: 9780671881863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Book Type: Hardback
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

Defending a flashy, big-time Houston lawyer who is accused of killing his wife, Bino Phillips becomes involved with a sultry blues singer, a vindictive judge, and a hired killer with a cleanliness fetish

Reviews

Bino Phillips, a middle-aged Dallas lawyer with predilections for loud clothes and pretty women, finally prevails here with brain power and a sweet toughness that readers will find appealing. Gray gives Bino (short for albino, thanks to his white hair) much to prevail against, including a ruthless U.S. attorney, a corrupt fellow lawyer and judge, a hit man under Federal protection, an ex-wife married to a Mafia don and a jealous, occasional-bedmate secretary. A crooked cop is trying to drag down Bino's clean-cop client, and the U.S. attorney is out to make his reputation any way he can. Bino's investigation, however, exposes murder, corruption and conspiracy on both sides of the law. The plotting and writing are crisp, and Bino serves up the just desserts in fine, funny style. Gray (Bino) knows Texas, the law and law enforcement; his fast-moving story is first-rate.
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Dallas attorney Bino (as in albino) Phillips is in a major slump. A while back he exonerated Dallas cop Tommy Clinger from federal charges and made the feds look bad in the process. Craving revenge, they've targeted Clinger in a police-corruption sting. Meantime, one of Bino's pals, lawyer Rusty Benson--who's working with the feds on the Clinger case--needs help. His estranged wife was pulled from a watery grave, and he asks Bino to represent him. Could this be another setup, engineered by the feds to entrap Bino in a conflict-of-interest rap? On top of all that, Bino's new lady friend, singer Carla, may be linked to Rusty's wife and somehow connected to the murder. A pawn in too many games--Clinger's, Rusty's, Carla's, the feds'--Bino likes to think he's a shark who swims with the big fishes, but he's usually out of his depth. That's why we like him so much. Try as he might, Bino just can't abandon his own moral center, which forces him to make the right choices and to suffer the consequences. An excellent entry in a strong series. Wes Lukowsky