Classic Cashes In
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Publisher Description
A British car detective steers a '36 Packard straight into a deadly world of elite family secrets in a series "very much in the tradition of Dick Francis" (Kirkus Reviews).
Philip Moxton, a wealthy banker in the west of Kent, is anything but a routine client for Jack Colby, freelance investigator for the Kent police car-theft unit. Moxton is desperate for a very particular 1936 Packard One-Twenty saloon. Once, he was obliged to sell it. Now he wants to buy it back—anonymously, at any price, and soon. Because as Moxton tells it, he's going to be murdered.
The case stalls when Colby tracks down the current owner, actor Tom Herrick. Herrick knows why Moxton wants to get his hands on it—a mystery involving an ongoing Moxton-Herrick family feud, and a multi-million-dollar legacy. For Colby, the search for the truth becomes treacherous as a relentless killer gears up to strike again and again. Everyone in the shadow of the prized Packard is a suspect. And anyone could be the next victim.
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A 1936 Packard Series 120 Sedan is the focus of Myers's ably constructed sixth Jack Colby mystery (after 2014's Classic in the Pits), though this entry is short of the usual fascinating trivia about classic cars. Banker Philip Moxton hires Colby, who runs the Frogs Hill Classic Car Restoration Company and works freelance for the Kent Police Car Crime Unit, to buy a prized Packard for him so that he may remain unknown to the seller, actor Tom Herrick. This simple, lucrative transaction turns ugly when Colby discovers that the Moxton and Herrick families have been in conflict for many years. Tracing the history of this dispute becomes paramount after it leads to murder, but it also proves dangerous. A cast of dodgy, grasping characters commit crimes from bank robbery to car theft, and a legacy of millions may hinge on Colby's detective abilities. Colby navigates the flow of treacherous suspects as easily as the Packard handles the road.
