Bad Company [Paperback]

LIZA CODY (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 27, 1992

The second novel featuring private detective Anna Lee, first encountered in "Dupe", which won the 1980 John Creasy Award. When she is abducted by a motorcycle gang, her colleagues discover that the incident is linked to a major gangland murder in London, and further bloodshed is feared.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

In the course of an investigation, Anna Lee, Cody's series sleuth from such works as Under Contract (Audio Reviews, LJ 7/94), is taken prisoner when she tries to foil the kidnapping of a teenage girl. This crackling, intense story finds her calling on all her resources to retain her sanity, help the girl survive, and try to escape. Meanwhile, her colleagues are desperately trying to identify her captors. Juliet Prague's narration includes specific and very different voices for all the characters. Her interpretation of the kidnappers can raise the hairs on the back of the neck, perfectly capturing their cruelty and stupidity. A well-told and superbly read story; highly recommended for fiction collections.?Melody A. Moxley, Rowan P.L., Salisbury, N.C.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

From AudioFile

Private investigator Anna Lee, the British equivalent of V.I. Warshawski, finds herself kidnapped as she pursues an apparently routine child custody case. Narrator Juliet Prague's years of drama training enable her to bring this mystery to life. She effortlessly metamorphoses into the dozens of characters in the story, including innocent and precocious teenagers, brutal thugs, smarmy mobsters, frantic parents, bumbling detectives, psycho secretary and even an idiosyncratic poet. Her vocalizations offer richness of dialect, variation of tempo and subtleties of emotional undertone. Prague's crisp narrative style moves the story quickly through its many points of view. Her performance is clearly the star of the show. R.P.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: RH Canada UK Dist (October 27, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0099821206
• ISBN-13: 978-0099821205
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 3.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,599,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm the author of the Anna Lee and Eva Wylie series of mysteries as well as the stand-alone novels Ballad of a Dead Nobody, Gimme More and Rift. Many of my short stories are collected in Lucky Dip and other stories. My website is www.LizaCody.com. You can also follow me on Twitter.

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This review is from: Bad Company (Paperback)

When British sleuth Anna Lee tries to help a kidnap victim she is herself abducted and must rely on her wits and inner strength to survive. I loved the narration of Jill Tanner(as opposed to Juliet Prague).