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Twilight at Mac's Place
 
 

Twilight at Mac's Place (Paperback)

de Ross Thomas (Author) "Shortly after the death of the failed Quaker, Steadfast Haynes, the Central Intelligence Agency received a telephoned blackmail threat that was so carefully veiled and..." En savoir plus
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Former CIA "fixer" Steadfast Haynes dies in Washington, D.C., leaving his memoirs to his son Granville, an ex-L.A. homicide investigator. Granny finds that the manuscript is mostly blank pages and is soon faced with the murders of both his father's lover and a CIA retiree. According to PW , "Thomas is at his best here with an intricate, riveting plot and a fine dry humor."
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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Secret CIA veteran Steady Haynes's legacy to his son Granville turns out to be more trouble than it's worth. When Granville, a Los Angeles homicide detective turned actor, receives an offer of $100,000 for the rights to his father's memoirs he decides to see how high the bidding will go, but a search for the memoirs leaves him wondering if they even exist. Joining him in his quest are McCorkle and Padillo, owners of a Washington bar and grill called Mac's Place; Ericka, McCorkle's daughter, provides romantic interludes. What begins as an intriguing and often amusing adventure ends with a thud, but Thomas ( Briarpatch, LJ 9/15/84) is a popular author, so expect demand.
-Sue Mevis, Ludlow Memorial Lib., Monroe, Wis.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.

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3.0étoiles sur 5 Not bad, Jui 7 2004
This was good but not the author's best work. Its still enjoyable.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 reprint of a great thriller, Nov. 26 2003
Par Harriet Klausner - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Unofficial CIA fixer Steadfast Haynes dies of a heart attack. To the shock of his clandestine buddies, word is out that good old trustworthy Steady has done the unthinkable and written a memoir of his unrecognized covert operations. This tome that allegedly exposes many folks has been inherited by his son Granville.

Everyone remotely involved with Steady wants possession of his book though their reasons vary without knowing what the pages expose for all fear the Cold War secrets Steady knew and bared. Someone murders Steady's beloved Isabelle and retired CIA agent and "friend" Undean, and steals the book. Though Granny knows his father's memoirs were mostly blank pages, he wants it back especially since he has two competing large cold cash offer to purchase his dad's memoirs. As a former homicide detective Granny knows how to investigate a crime and where to get cold war help.

The reprint of Ross Thomas' delightful TWILIGHT AT MAC'S PLACE should bring the late great writer new fans of thrillers. The story line is action-packed and filled with incredibly exciting twists and turns. However, as is usually the case in a Mr. Thomas tale it is the cast from the deceased to the hero to a waiter, et al that makes for a superb reading experience. That will send readers seeking other master novels by this great author.

Harriet Klausner

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Espionage and Washington Intrigue, Juil 15 2002
Par Peter Kenney (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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One of the more interesting characters we encounter in this story is Tinker Burns, a spry old ex-French Foreign Legionnaire and maybe the only living American veteran of Dien Bien Phu. TWILIGHT AT MAC'S PLACE is one of the best novels I have read about espionage and Washington intrigue.
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