MURPHY'S FAULT (Author's First Book) **INSCRIBED COPY**

Womack, Steven

ISBN 10: 0312038968 / ISBN 13: 9780312038960

Published by Saint Martin's Press, NY, 1990

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2nd ed. Page edges beginning to brown, elase near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket. Author's first novel. INSCRIBED COPY. New Orleans setting. "The stench of corruption permeates this first novel on political life and death in New Orleans. Jack Lynch, erstwhile newspaperman and director of public relations for the First Interstate Bank of Louisiana, is a troubleshooter for William Jennings, bank president and power broker. Jennings's biggest deal ever--the Iris Project, slum clearance and real estate grab at its most grandiose--is jeopardized by civil sheriff Murphy, a ward heeler and fixer of dubious reputation and mentality. Lynch suspects a crooked lawyer behind the scenes but instead encounters his ex-father-in-law, James Herbert, a former district attorney with a spotless reputation, whom he had idolized. Lynch sets out to find a handle on Herbert, expecting failure but encountering instead a clue that might lead to feet of clay. The investigation triggers three murders and leads to the protagonist's final confrontation with the power and corruption with which he has flirted for years. Womack delivers a vigorous and well-written addition to the genre, with particular emphasis on details and characterization of minor figures." -- Publishers Weekly.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MURPHY'S FAULT (Author's First Book) **INSCRIBED COPY**
• Publisher: Saint Martin's Press, NY
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312038968
• ISBN 13: 9780312038960
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: 2nd Ed.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed Copy
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Book
  • SIGNED
  • New Orleans
  • Mystery and Detective
  • Z 44

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Synopsis

Ordered by his boss, a New Orleans banker, to break up a lawsuit that will seriously threaten the banker's business interests, Jack realizes that the man whose reputation he has agreed to smear is his beloved ex-father-in-law

Reviews

The stench of corruption permeates this first novel on political life and death in New Orleans. Jack Lynch, erstwhile newspaperman and director of public relations for the First Interstate Bank of Louisiana, is a troubleshooter for William Jennings, bank president and power broker. Jennings's biggest deal ever--the Iris Project, slum clearance and real estate grab at its most grandiose--is jeopardized by civil sheriff Murphy, a ward heeler and fixer of dubious reputation and mentality. Lynch suspects a crooked lawyer behind the scenes but instead encounters his ex-father-in-law, James Herbert, a former district attorney with a spotless reputation, whom he had idolized. Lynch sets out to find a handle on Herbert, expecting failure but encountering instead a clue that might lead to feet of clay. The investigation triggers three murders and leads to the protagonist's final confrontation with the power and corruption with which he has flirted for years. Womack delivers a vigorous and well-written addition to the genre, with particular emphasis on details and characterization of minor figures.
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