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Murder Straight Up [Mass Market Paperback]

Edward Gorman (Author)


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Jack Dwyer, the ex-cop who appeared in Gorman's previous novels Rough Cut and New, Improved Murder, makes his return in a rather slight and lackluster crime thriller. Working as a security guard between acting jobs, Dwyer is at the studios of Channel 3 news when a break-in occurs, but he fails to catch the teenager responsible. That mistake costs Dwyer his job the next day when anchorman David Curtis dies from poisoning just as the evening news broadcast goes on the air. Working from his cop's instincts, Dwyer knows that the young man in the building was not the murderer and finds a more likely group of suspects among the newsman's colleagues. But as Dwyer investigates the crime, he becomes a target himself when a mysterious stranger tries to kill him. Intended to send up the TV news business, this is a book without much bite and whose characters and action come off as a little too pat.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 12, 1987)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345338928
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345338921
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,359,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ed Gorman is an award winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is now a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann.

He has written under many pseudonyms including "E. J. Gorman" and "Daniel Ransom." He won a Spur Award for Best Short Fiction for his short story "The Face" in 1992. His fiction collection Cages was nominated for the 1995 Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection. His collection The Dark Fantastic was nominated for the same award in 2001.

He has contributed to many magazines and other publications including Xero, Black Lizard, Cemetery Dance, the anthology Tales of Zorro, and many more.

Visit his blog at newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com

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