Detective Jacob Lomax returns from his Mexican vacation bronzed but broke, so he takes on the seemingly dead-end case of Samuel Butler, who is accused of murdering his attractive and unfaithful wife.
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From Publishers Weekly
Shamus Award winner Allegretto ( The Dead of Winter ) perfectly paces his fourth Jacob Lomax mystery. Just back from a Mexico vacation, the Denver-based PI is hired by the defense in a murder case that seems like "more than the violent end of a lover's quarrel." Still brooding over his wife's murder eight years before, Lomax feels burned out and wonders if the killing of Clare Butler represents his last case. Everyone in the Butler family appears to have a secret, especially the accused, Samuel Butler, husband of the victim, abusive father and founder of Butler Manufacturing. His children from his first marriage--Kenneth, a manager in the family firm; Karen, a vintage clothier; and Nicole, a painter--are also incriminated, along with their spouses and live-in lovers. The list of suspects soon expands further to include criminals from Clare's past, which involved prostitution and designer drugs. With action turning on creative bookkeeping, elusive employees, accidents and coincidences, the plot generates more twists than a corkscrew and will captivate readers all the way to its fireball ending.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
This time out, Denver p.i. Jake Lomax (Dead of Winter; Blood Stone; Death on the Rocks) deals with siblings and their spouses in extreme distress over wealthy, controlling dad Samuel Butler's marriage to a second wife--the flashy, trashy Clare. The unsympathetic kids seem all too willing to believe that dad, about to be tried for bashing in Clare's head, did the deed--but did he? Lomax's attempts to prove dad's alibi result in another death and two tries at taking him out: a sniper setup at a deserted golf course and a hit-and-run accident almost identical to the one that smashed up another p.i. formerly employed by the Butlers. Meanwhile, breaking and entering reveals that Butler's company payroll included a dummy employee and some accounts that received rugs with their shipments. Furthermore, Clare was cheating on dad with one of his own children, and it'll take threats, punches, and a major bullying scene before Lomax gets dad off the hook Lomax's sardonic asides add a touch of dry humor here, and the ending again finds him giving away money to a needy cause. Quick with his fists, dead accurate with his gun, the (sometimes) personable Lomax makes for solid p.i. reading. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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