- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Dundurn; First Edition edition (May 9 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1550023810
- ISBN-13: 978-1550023817
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.9 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 268 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,283,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Looking for a midlife career change? Looking for a new life? In Eric Wright's second Lucy Trimble book, Death on the Rocks, 50-year-old Lucy has already ditched small-town Ontario for a new home, a new lover, and an unusual new profession: a private investigator in Toronto the Not-So-Good. Lucy lands a "real" client, Greta Golden, who retains her to identify a mystery man asking uncomfortable questions. The stalker turns out to be a British security consultant hired to establish Greta's bona fides to qualify for an inheritance. Her curiosity piqued, Greta dispatches Lucy to England to solve the mystery of her parentage, and the action heats up.
One of Canada's most popular crime writers, Eric Wright has won multiple Arthur Ellis Awards. He's best known for such Charlie Salter novels as A Question of Murder, A Fine Italian Hand, and Death by Degrees. He introduced Lucy Trimble in Death of a Sunday Writer, and this unlikely candidate for the hard-bitten P.I. role proves a wry and pleasing protagonist. Offered a domestically brewed Heineken in a Toronto bar, she replies, "'Brewed locally to Canadian tastes.' What does that mean? German beer for people who don't like German beer?" (Never mind that Heineken is Dutch.) Death on the Rocks is bright and witty, and in typical Wright fashion, the supporting cast of oft-idiosyncratic characters is well-drawn. With plenty of suspense, intrigue, and romance, Death on the Rocks keeps the reader engaged and happy through its surprise ending. --Kerry Doole
From Publishers Weekly
In his second Lucy Trimble mystery (after Death of a Sunday Writer), WrightAauthor of the popular Charlie Salter seriesAtests his unseasoned detective with a couple of perplexing cases. Canadian sleuth Lucy is hired by well-to-do Greta Golden to find out more about a man who is hanging around asking questions about her. When Lucy goes undercover and meets him, she finds out he's a fellow detective and gets him to reveal that he was hired by a British law firm to investigate Greta's background, as she may be an heir to a recently deceased and wealthy man. Greta has always thought she was an only child with no living relatives, so she is intrigued to learn she may have family members in England. She rehires Lucy, this time to fill in the gaps in her parents' histories. In Britain, Lucy exhumes an old story of two sisters and the man they loved, a tale of jealousy and murder. A subplot involving the odd behavior of a drugstore owner adds a riddle to this otherwise straightforward mystery. Though Wright's descriptions of Canada and England aren't exceptional, his well-rounded characters, lyric if low-key prose and subtle humor transforms Lucy's burgeoning caseload into a piece of satisfying suspense. (June)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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