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loose, leaving the authorities
stymied with no leads or possible
connections, other than the
victims are all ultra-rich. Time is
running out, more so when the
killer sets his sights on Pendergast.
Once again, Preston and Child
have constructed an absorbing
whodunnit with a sardonic twist
in their latest thriller. Long-time
fans of the wonderfully enigmatic
~Jon Land, TopShelf Reviews Pendergast will be glued to the
last several pages, paralyzed
with breathless anticipation,
awaiting the final outcome as
he faces his most capable
adversary to date. Filled with nail-
biting suspense, City of Endless Night
Speaking of
is an addictive page-turner that
twisted and
"What better place to find such icons will have readers hooked from its
shady, you’ll
very first, to its very last sentence.
need a thousand- of excess than among the one
watt bulb to cut
percenters in New York City? And
~Kris Miller, TopShelf Reviews
what better place to sow vengeance—
through the
to, quite literally, turn Gotham into a
darkness that
Michael H. Rubin
City of Endless Night?" It starts with
permeates
Michael Rubin’s finding the decapitated body of rich
Cashed Out. Daring to write in the
socialite, Grace Ozmian, daughter of
tech billionaire, Anton Ozmian.
staccato, hard-nosed style
Lieutenant CDS Vincent D'Agosta is
championed by the likes of the
incomparable Don Winslow, Rubin called to the scene and happy to be
reunited with FBI Special Agent
introduces us to “Schex”
Schexnaydre, a name as challenging A.X.L. Pendergast, whom previously
worked a case
as his current plight. Schex is a
with him at the
lawyer down and out enough to
Museum of
make John Grisham proud. That is,
Natural History.
until a businessman who’s made his
fortune in the toxic waste industry is
One body begets
another, and then
murdered with $5 million of his
even more. A
toxic cash stashed in Schex’s bank
ruthless killer –– or
account. Add to that the fact that
Preston and Child
killers –– is on the
Schex’s own ex-wife is arrested for
A GEM OF A TALE!
the man’s murder and you’ve got
the makings of a crack courtroom
thriller staged against a starkly
original backdrop. Cashed Out
cashes in on a character culled
from the likes of Michael Connolly
by way of James Lee Burke, thanks
to the steamy Louisiana settings. A
gem of a tale I’m so glad found its
way to my in-box.
city of endless night
NAIL-BITING SUSPENSE!
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