The Other Romanian
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- 4,49 €
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- 4,49 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
The Other Romanian is Anne Argula's fourth novel featuring the acerbic P.I., Quinn. The first of these fast and clever novels, Homicide My Own, earned Argula an Edgar nomination for Best Paperback Original. This latest work continues to defy any easy categorization of its one-of-a-kind, one-name heroine. If you haven't met Quinn yet, you're in for a welcome surprise. If you have met her, welcome back. Argula starts you guessing with the opening sentence, and you aren't likely to stop guessing until the very last line.
Praise for Anne Argula's Quinn novels:
"This book will delight anyone who has ever feared that the private detective novel has no new tricks-or voices-up its sleeve."—Laura Lippman, author of What the Dead Know
"Anne Argula brings a welcome voice to the noir novel with Quinn, who is earthy, gritty, but above all, a mature woman. We don't have enough of those."—Sara Paretsky, author of Fire Sale
"A terrific, suspenseful tale of murder, driven by interesting and quirky characters, leavened by edgy self-deprecating humor, and resolved by a surprising twist."—Joseph Wambaugh, author of Hollywood Station
"A wonderful novel-smart, funny, and remarkably humane.”—James Crumley, author of The Right Madness
"Anne Argula's menopausal detective will give mystery fans multiple hot flashes of horror, humor, and surprise." —Tom Robbins, author of Villa Incognito
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Darryl Ponicsan, whose The Last Detail became an acclaimed film vehicle for Jack Nicholson, successfully returns to the PI genre with the fourth mystery he's written under the Argula pseudonym featuring a Seattle gumshoe named Quinn (after 2009's Krapp's Last Cassette). Quinn, who is dealing with the onset of menopause, had been a cop in L.A. and Spokane, but now works on her own. Her usual state of self-doubt is interrupted by a call from the Seattle PD; a man's been bludgeoned and then shot to death, with no signs of his identity except for a matchbook with Quinn's number written inside. She responds to the scene to find the victim is a stranger to her as well, and the business name on the matchbook, the Copper Gate, is unfamiliar. Quinn soon hears from the wife of a former client, a screenwriter who believes that her missing spouse might still be alive and gets a text from another man she doesn't know stating that "Stefano must die! Again!" The plot strands are integrated nicely, and the author makes the most of his fair weather challenged setting ("This was in early November, the onset of despair up here on the left corner of the map").
