| Description |
385 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
The story kicks off in 1960 Los Angeles, with the daring kidnapping of the child of one of America's richest men. It then darts back and forth between a private detective's urgent search for the child, the saga of a notorious hit man in the days leading to JFK's assassination, and the modern-day story of a skeptical journalist researching the still-active conspiracy theories of the 50s and 60s, with the aim of debunking them. Just as the detective discovers that the kidnapping is a crime much larger than he imagined, and the hit man finds himself caught in a web that is astonishingly complex, the journalist discovers-to his horror, dismay, and even his jeopardy-that the conspiracy theories might well be true. With expert pacing, sparkling dialogue, and plot twists that will keep readers entranced, Tim Baker's irrepressible debut novel is a joy ride through classic noir traditions, updated with a surprisingly contemporary sensibility. -- Amazon.com |
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Kidnapping -- Fiction.
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Private investigators -- Fiction.
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Kidnapping. (OCoLC)fst00987322
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Private investigators. (OCoLC)fst01077503
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Noir fiction. (OCoLC)fst01922488
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Mystery fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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Noir fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781609452872 (pbk.) |
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1609452879 (pbk.) |
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