Polo Solo: A Nick Polo Mystery [Hardcover]

Jerry Kennealy (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Serving time for the theft of a quarter of a million dollars, Nick Polo is offered a chance to get back his private investigator's license and to have his sentence commuted when the mayor of San Francisco is victimized in a blackmail scheme. The mayor's chief aide enlist's Polo's help because a not-quite-ex-con isn't likely to bring in either police or press and the mayor is a lady whose dreams of higher office will burst if the sexually incriminating tapes go public. Polo follows leads that take him to a porno film production warehouse as well as slightly tonier San Francisco hot spots. He has run-ins with thugs, a massive Doberman and a sadistic looney before he winds up the casetoo late, alas, for the mayor, her aide and a few street people. Polo's debut is marked by a laid-back, hard-thinking hero, an intricate, neat plot and a certain graphic brutality. A few red herrings would have given the straight line to resolution more interest and believability; nonetheless, Nick Polo is a welcome addition to the roster of California private eyes from the author of Nobody Wins.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 180 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr; 1st edition (July 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312006713
• ISBN-13: 978-0312006716
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,184,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a native San Franciscan - a rare breed nowadays; a former policeman, fireman, licensed private investigator for more than twenty years, and past Vice President of the Private Eye Writers of America.
Married to Shirley, the love of my life, also a San Francisco native, we have two sons: Frank and Steve, and a grandson, Jake.
When I was struggling to get my first mansucript finished, a friendly, established author encourged me, saying that my background should be helpful, and then he gave me this piece of advice: "Write what you know, and fake the rest."
I've been writing ever since. My first books were all first person private eye adventures, including ten in the Nick Polo series, and most of the action took place in San Francisco.
The following eight thrillers moved around from London, to Madrid, Russia, etc., but usually had a scene or two in San Francisco (write what you know).
Now I'm back in the city with a new series, stating with JIGSAW, featureing an offbeat hero, Mr. Carroll Quint, and entertainment editor for the San Francisco Bulletin.
I'm presently working on STILL SHOT, the second in the Carroll Quint series.
Thanks for reading about me here, and I hope you enjoy my novels.

Jerry Kennealy