Green with Envy
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
It all begins when fellow P.I. John Henning is found dead, an ostensible suicide. In his will, Henning leaves half of his earthly possessions to Polo (the other half to the Catholic Church and Alcoholics Anonymous), and names Polo his executor.
A Key leads Polo to a local bank and Henning’s safety-deposit box, where he discovers a cache of “drops of oil”─priceless Colombian emeralds. But where would Henning, a lone-wolf P.I., have gotten the money to buy such exotic jewels? And why would a recovering alcoholic choose to end his own life when it seemed to be on the upswing?
With the assistance of local reporter Jane Tobin, his on-again, off-again lady friend, Polo begins a search for the answers that will explain Henning’s death, a search that takes him to the home of a woman whom Polo suspects may have been one of Henning’s last clients. There’s only one problem—the woman is dead.
That’s one death too many for Polo, who is determined to catch the killer in a case sparked with Kennealy’s special humor and intrigue, undoubtedly inspired by the author’s own firsthand knowledge of the true professional investigator’s trade.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The sixth Nick Polo story (after Polo's Wild Card ) again blends the PI's wry commentary on modern society--especially as experienced in San Francisco--with fast-paced adventure to create a thoroughly entertaining romp. Polo is accosted by a fellow investigator who accuses him of planting a bug on a client's phone. Since Polo didn't have anything to do with the tap, he visits electronic surveillance buddy John Henning, only to find his friend dead, apparently a suicide. Convinced that staunch Catholic Henning would not have killed himself, Polo is puzzled. When he is named executor of Henning's estate and discovers four emeralds in a safe deposit box, he is even more confused. Backtracking from a receipt in Henning's effects, the sleuth goes in search of the wife of a financially troubled San Francisco jeweler--and again comes upon a body. Ignored by skeptical police, Polo continues to investigate, turning up Colombian gem smugglers and a host of nasty customers in the process.
