Murder.com
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
A not-so-anonymous victim sends Reuben Frost on a chase to catch a high-tech killer
The girl is found lying beside the East River, strangled. She's in her late twenties—so why was she carrying a fake ID? The case should have nothing to do with Reuben Frost, legendary retired Wall Street lawyer, but Frost has never been known to mind his own business. Not to mention, his wife, Cynthia, has been slowed down by arthritis, and his social calendar is barren for the first time in decades. It's the perfect time to find a murderer.
The dead girl is Marina Courtland, daughter of millionaire food distributor Daniel Courtland, a treasured client of Frost's old firm. Working alongside his dear friend Luis Bautista, the sharpest detective in the NYPD, Frost digs into Marina's past. But what he discovers is a tangled web of plagiarism, infidelity, and indiscreet emails that will ultimately put him face to face with Marina's killer.
Murder.com is the 8th book in the Reuben Frost Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
After a long hiatus, retired high-end New York lawyer Reuben Frost and his former dancer wife, Cynthia modern senior updates of Nick and Nora Charles return in Murphy's uneven eighth Reuben Frost mystery (following 1992's A Very Venetian Murder). The couple can't resist assisting their good friend at the NYPD, Det. Luis Baptista, in the strangling murder case of Marina Courtland, the adult daughter of billionaire Daniel Courtland. Daniel is Reuben's former client and an extremely important revenue stream for his former law firm, Chase & Ward. Murphy (the pseudonym of former lawyer James Duffy) takes the reader on a delicious tour of Manhattan via four tony restaurants noting where to sit and what to order, complete with wine pairings as well as several private clubs and some bawdy off-Broadway theater. Unfortunately, those expecting Reuben and Cynthia to display the wit of Hammett's characters, particularly as played by William Powell and Myrna Loy in the movies, will be disappointed.
