From Publishers Weekly
Fast and funny, this first in a promised series bodes very well indeed. Narrator Jack Dwyer is an ex-cop, a part-time rent-a-cop and an aspiring actor. He meets his former lover, Jane, who's holding a pistol and saying only, "He's dead." Sure enough, the cops find the body of her most recent boyfriend, Stephen Elliot, whiz ad exec; Jane's gun is the murder weapon. Dwyer may still be in love with her but it all smells wrong and he begins his own investigation. The victim, he discovers, was a heel, with lots of enemies; he had indulged in ad-biz sleaze, blackmail, some kinky adultery. As Dwyer delves into the advertising world, he meets Donna Harris, who is trying to start an industry newsletter. Dwyer first finds her "endearingly wacky" and then falls in love with her, as will most readers. Ad-exec Gorman (Rough Cut) has a sharp eye and quick pen for people. After Dwyer and Harris team up with a couple of nifty closing lines, one looks forward to their next caper. December 28
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Product Description
Meet Jack Dwyer. An ex-cop turned actor, he pays the bills by working at the local supermarket as a store detective. Tame stuff, but when his girlfriend is found in a state of shock holding a recently fired gun, Dwyer is back in the dangerous world of a murder investigation.
