The Devereaux File
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Wisecracking Chicago PI Lacey Lockington gets caught in a dangerous game of international espionage in this gritty, “truly hilarious” mystery (Kirkus Reviews).
Former Chicago police detective Lacey Lockington isn’t much for small talk. But when he hears ex-CIA agent Rufe Devereaux is coming to town, he looks forward to arguing baseball with his old drinking buddy. Unfortunately, Rufe is involved in a more sinister kind of game—one that gets him killed shortly after his arrival. And as Lacey is about to find out, the other players aren’t playing around.
The moment Lacey start investigating, he finds himself chased by the Mafia, the CIA, and a homicidal politician-turned-evangelist. And “help” arrives in the sultry form of a KGB agent named Natasha. He knows he’s in over his head. Because what starts as a search for the truth quickly becomes a desperate race for survival taking him from the gritty bars of Chicago to Miami’s cocaine-filled underbelly and culminating in “a slam-bang ending” (Publishers Weekly).
“Spencer keeps the plot racing with amusing dialogue.” —Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
PI Lacy Lockington returns to solve the mystery of a drinking buddy's death in this entertaining but slightly flawed mystery. Before he was murdered, ex-CIA agent Rufe Devereaux sought a get-together with his old friend Lacy, a former Chicago cop. As a result of a nominal look-see, Lacy finds himself simultaneously tailed, and alternately questioned by the CIA, KGB, Mafia and a presidential hopeful turned evangelist hate-monger. The attractive Soviet agent Natasha knows most about the truth of this caper, so Lacy is fortunate to have her ``help.'' When he receives a package containing a clue, Lacy points his ancient Pontiac toward Youngstown, Ohio. Along the way, the evangelist, who tails and tries to kill Lacy, is himself stalked. Ever the survivor, Lacy finds more tips in Spencer's superbly believable gritty bars, and, knowing his dead friend's passion for women and country music, he eventually turns up a real surprise. After a slam-bang ending, a disingenuous dialogue explains all. Spencer ( The Ffifth Script ) keeps the plot racing with amusing dialogue.
