Favor
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4.0 • 6 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Stanley Hastings goes to Atlantic City to keep tabs on Sergeant MacAullif's wayward son-in-law, a favor that gets him arraigned for grand larceny and held on suspicion of murder.
"Neat Jolts of action, comically downbeat narration...and wisecrack dialogue." - Kirkus Reviews
"Hilarious...pure entertainment." - Publishers Weekly
"A very funny, very smart mystery series." - Booklist
"Hastings is a fresh twist on an old idea and is sure to be around for a long time to come." - Rave Reviews
"...a light-hearted romp, drolly told, and made pleasant by its deprecating, much put-upon and wholly charming hero." - The San Diego Union
"The primary pleasure in Favor--and it's a big one--is in Hall's entertaining telling of the story." - The Drood Review of Mystery
"Hall creates a lovable and real hero that anyone can identify with...Favor is a light novel that is perfect to unwind with." - South Bend Tribune
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Stanley Hastings is just a guy who can't say ``no.'' When Sgt. William MacAuliff of the NYPD asks a favor, Stanley's obliging nature catapults him into a web of intrigue that is pure entertainment for the reader. In Hall's third novel (after Murder ) featuring the reluctant amateur sleuth, Stanley's job as drone for an ambulance-chasing attorney becomes secondary to the favor he must perform. So he heads to Atlantic City to investigate the peccadillos of MacAuliff's sleazy son-in-law, Harold Dunleavy. Using a hilarious, albeit unbelievable, modus operandi, Stanley becomes entangled with the mob, a blackmail scheme and two murders. Not surprisingly, he is the prime suspect in both murders and must somehow manage to clear his name while protecting MacAuliff's interests. Stanley's chutzpah, under the circumstances, is admirable. But his antics can grow tiresome for those who are not fans of the wing-and-a-prayer school of detection.
