The Big Freeze
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
THE BIG FREEZE is the third in the acclaimed Andy Sussman/Murray Glick comic mystery trilogy from Michael J. Katz
"Spirited prose, refreshing surroundings, deftly delineated characters and engaging protagonists."
Library Journal
THE STORY: Sportscaster Andy Sussman is presented with a mysterious manuscript. It's his buddy detective Murray Glick's account of the disappearance of a young woman at the Sunburst ski resort in Colorado. Now Murray has vanished, and Andy must trace back Glick's unreliable narrative, solve a murder and stop a kidnapping.
"Katz, who's always looking for good ways to segue between New York sportscaster/ amateur investigator Andy Sussman and his buddy, seedy Chicago private eye Murray Glick finds a honey here...Katz's breezy, what-the-heck style is always easy to take.
Kirkus Reviews
"A light-hearted romp of a mystery...a solidly plotted mystery that provides a glimpse of the conflicting problems facing developers and environmentalists."
The Toronto Star
"Panache, charm and wit. All are apt descriptions for the style of Michael Katz."
West Coast Review of Books
"Crackles with wit."
ALA Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
PI Murray Glick, sportscaster Andy Sussman and his wife, Susie, protagonists of Last Dance in Redondo Beach , are back to solve their third mystery, a trite endeavor short on tension and subtlety. The plot hinges on a gimmick, namely, the manuscript of a mystery penned by Glick, who has disappeared while working on a case in Sunburst, Colo., where 19-year-old college dropout Dani Kaplan was last seen; he has been hired by the young woman's mother to find her. Having talked his network into letting him cover the World Cup ski races in Sunburst, Andy and Susie pick up the trail where the manuscript leaves off. Dani's last known companion, ski in- structor Casey Wright, is embroiled in plans to develop the national forest as ski slopes. Forest Service rangers oppose the plan, and one of them, linked to Dani, has been killed, supposedly in an avalanche. Andy and Susie must discover who would have the most to lose if the development is halted. Before long, some ski bunnies try to murder Susie, and both Murray and Dani reappear. The identity of the evil developer comes as no surprise, but Katz's deadpan humor helps to redeem a less than riveting plot.
