Catching Water in a Net
Language: English
Published by Saint Martin's Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2001
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.MURDER BY THE BOOK
AbeBooks seller since April 23, 1997
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 27.50
Quantity: 1 available
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1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. WINNER of the 2000 ST. MARTIN'S PRESS/PWA AWARD for Best First Private Eye Novel. Introduces San Francisco P.I. Jake Diamond. SIGNED by Abramo at title page.
Seller Inventory # 017643
- Title
- Catching Water in a Net
- Author
- Abramo, J. L.
- Publisher
- Saint Martin's Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 031228232X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312282325
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Series
- Book 1 of 4: Jake Diamond Mystery
- Seller catalogs
- Award Winner, California, First Book, First Mystery, Private Eye, Private Investigator, San Francisco, SIGNED
Jake has been down on his luck lately, barely making enough money to pay the bills and it looks like business might finally be picking up. A woman comes to his office begging him to find her missing husband who has been accused of murder. Jake remembers that his mentor Jimmy Pigeon always says "Whenever I'm asked to locate a missing spouse, the words 'no, but thanks for asking' always come to mind" and almost turns the case down, but then he learns that the murder victim was Jimmy Pigeon.
Determined to discover the identity of Pigeon's killer, Diamond scrambles between Los Angeles and San Francisco following leads that range from weak to delusional. With the help of his trusty and sarcastic assistant, Darlene Roman, compulsive gambler Vinnie "String" Stradivarius, and Italian-American "businessman" Joey Russo, Jake slowly uncovers the motives behind Pigeon's murder.
Jake's adventure has all the components of a great new private eye series-scares, suspense, lots of laughs, a few tears and a big surprise at the end.
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MURDER BY THE BOOK
Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
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