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Lt. Leroy Powder #3
Late Payments
This Powder novel has the abrasive head of the Indianapolis Missing Persons Bureau chasing the killer of paraplegics and trying to keep a protected witness from being murdered--and from taking the rap himself!
- GenresMystery
216 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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About the author
Michael Z. Lewin
72 books10 followersMichael Zinn Lewin is an American writer of mystery fiction perhaps best known for his series about Albert Samson, a distinctly low-keyed, non-hardboiled private detective who plies his trade in Indianapolis, Indiana. Lewin himself grew up in Indianapolis, but after graduating from Harvard and living for a few years in New York City, has lived in England for the last 40 years. Much of his fiction continues to be set in Indianapolis, including a secondary series about Leroy Powder, a policeman who frequently appears in the Samson novels, generally in a semi-confrontational manner.
Another series, however, is set in Bath, England, where Lewin now lives. This features the Lunghis who run their detective agency as a family business. So far there are three novels and nine short stories about them.
Lewin has also written a number of stand-alone novels. Some have been set in Indianapolis and others elsewhere. His latest novel, Confessions of a Discontented Deity, is even set partly in Heaven. A satire, it breaks from Lewin's history of genre fiction.
Lewin is the son of Leonard C. Lewin, author of the 1967 bestselling satire The Report from Iron Mountain: On the Possibility and Desirability of Peace.
Another series, however, is set in Bath, England, where Lewin now lives. This features the Lunghis who run their detective agency as a family business. So far there are three novels and nine short stories about them.
Lewin has also written a number of stand-alone novels. Some have been set in Indianapolis and others elsewhere. His latest novel, Confessions of a Discontented Deity, is even set partly in Heaven. A satire, it breaks from Lewin's history of genre fiction.
Lewin is the son of Leonard C. Lewin, author of the 1967 bestselling satire The Report from Iron Mountain: On the Possibility and Desirability of Peace.
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September 12, 2009
RATING: 3.75
PROTAGONIST: Lieutenant Leroy Powder
OCCUPATION: Cop, Missing Persons Bureau
SETTING: Indianapolis, Indiana
SERIES: #3 of 3
SUMMARY: Lieut. Leroy Powder has now been in charge of Missing Persons for 5 years, and the department has grown in personnel as well as reputation. Although he has a larger team, he still tends to chase things down on his own in his own unorthodox way. He has an intuitive sense of when things aren't quite what they seem. In Missing Persons, that sense is invaluable. At times, I felt he was somewhat mean-spirited to others, which was in contrast to Hard Line, where his sarcasm came across a little less lethal.
PROTAGONIST: Lieutenant Leroy Powder
OCCUPATION: Cop, Missing Persons Bureau
SETTING: Indianapolis, Indiana
SERIES: #3 of 3
SUMMARY: Lieut. Leroy Powder has now been in charge of Missing Persons for 5 years, and the department has grown in personnel as well as reputation. Although he has a larger team, he still tends to chase things down on his own in his own unorthodox way. He has an intuitive sense of when things aren't quite what they seem. In Missing Persons, that sense is invaluable. At times, I felt he was somewhat mean-spirited to others, which was in contrast to Hard Line, where his sarcasm came across a little less lethal.
August 2, 2007
Also a Lt. Leroy Powder book, it's a quick read.
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