Catching Water in a Net (Jake Diamond Mystery Book 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (512 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005FNIWAC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 327 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Martin's 2000 award for best first private eye novel. Winner of the St. From Library Journal San Franciscan narrator Jake Diamond easily fits the traditional hard-boiled, whiskey-in-a-drawer, office-on-a-shoestring private eye mold. The obligatory sultry ex-wife, characters with names like Willie Dogtail and Vinnie Stradivarius, and picturesque thugs complicate the plot and add to the atmosphere. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. Now he extends his search to the guy who wanted to purchase the dead pair's Ex-Con website business. And the cryptic, hammered-out prose accentuates his dilemma: find the man who allegedly killed Jake's former mentor in Los Angeles. Jake finds his man but too late.
In this award-winning debut, San Francisco PI Jake Diamond is a hero who plays both sides of the Private Eye street. But he also epitomizes the best of the modern shamus. Jake remembers that his mentor Jimmy Pigeon always says "Whenever I'm asked to locate a missing spouse, the words 'no, but thanks for asking' always come to mind" and almost turns the case down, but then he learns that the murder victim was Jimmy Pigeon.Determined to discover the identity of Pigeon's killer, Diamond scrambles between Los Angeles and San Francisco following leads that range from weak to delusional. With the help of his trusty and sarcastic assistant, Darlene Roman, compulsive gambler Vinnie "String" Stradivarius, and Italian-American "businessman" Joey Russo
Compelling Detective Mystery Carrie Phillips Abramo has created a tough piece of fiction that won the 2000 Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin's Press Award for Best First Private Eye Novel. "Catching Water in a Net" is a tightly knit, no-holds-barred novel that catches the reader and holds him through a deluge of murder, betrayal and suspense. Th. A Customer said Excting mystery. Jake Diamond owns Diamond Investigations, a San Francisco based private investigative firm. In fact, Jake works as the company�s only investigator with an office assistant keeping the case records (as few as they are) and his tie clean. Based on the recommendation of a friend who once hired Jake, E. Stan Ford said Smart and humorous debut.. In a time when crime fiction has become more and more serious and dismal, J. L. Abramo has offered a charming alternative. Jake Diamond, ex-actor and San Francisco private investigator, is reminiscent of the classic Smart and humorous debut. Stan Ford In a time when crime fiction has become more and more serious and dismal, J. L. Abramo has offered a charming alternative. Jake Diamond, ex-actor and San Francisco private investigator, is reminiscent of the classic 40's PI - while reminding us also that when Chandler created Philip Marlowe the mold was broke. 0's PI - while reminding us also that when Chandler created Philip Marlowe the mold was broke