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Sharp 9th
Sharp 9th - A Skinner Malloy Mystery After a combat stint as a U.S. Marine, Skinner Malloy had a successful career in rock music - until he trashed the men who raped his band mate, Gillian Carroll. Convicted of assault and out on parole, gigs have dried up. As she tries to heal herself after the assault, Gillian needs the stability of her advertising job. But her client, Consolidated Insurance, has her fired for bogus reasons. Worse, someone is still spreading lies. Skinner and Gillian team up to find the real reason she's been fired. They discover that Consolidated employees are dying in accidents that are anything but. And haltingly, they find tender feelings for each other. Then Gillian disappears. Murder, conspiracy, corruption and attempted love, Sharp 9th reveals a world of homicide, insurance-government collusion, crooked cops, pornographers and private security goons - in which Gillian and Skinner try to find intimacy despite the emotional damage caused by rape and war.
240 pages, Paperback
First published April 22, 2011
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April 14, 2011
I'm the author of "Sharp 9th".
Honestly (given my subjectivity), it's heck of a good mystery.
Skinner Malloy is a musician who's not getting gigs anymore. The former combat Marine is out on parole after trashing the men who attacked his band mate, Gillian Carrol.
Gillian is trying to put her life back together in her ad agency job, when she's fired by her client, Consolidated Insurance. The dismissal is bogus and so are the lies that someone keeps spreading about her.
As Gillian and Skinner look for the real reasons she was fired they find that people associated with Consolidate are dieing in freak accidents. Accidents that just can't be coincidence. They find a young girl dieing in a hospital, refused treatment by Consolidated. They find corruption, conspiracy, private security thugs, sleazy cops.
They begin to find feelings for each other. Then Gillian disappears.
"Sharp 9th"is a mystery/thriller and, maybe, a love story.
First edition is hardcover. Out April 22/11. Ebook and paperback will be in all on-line outlets at the end of May/11
Honestly (given my subjectivity), it's heck of a good mystery.
Skinner Malloy is a musician who's not getting gigs anymore. The former combat Marine is out on parole after trashing the men who attacked his band mate, Gillian Carrol.
Gillian is trying to put her life back together in her ad agency job, when she's fired by her client, Consolidated Insurance. The dismissal is bogus and so are the lies that someone keeps spreading about her.
As Gillian and Skinner look for the real reasons she was fired they find that people associated with Consolidate are dieing in freak accidents. Accidents that just can't be coincidence. They find a young girl dieing in a hospital, refused treatment by Consolidated. They find corruption, conspiracy, private security thugs, sleazy cops.
They begin to find feelings for each other. Then Gillian disappears.
"Sharp 9th"is a mystery/thriller and, maybe, a love story.
First edition is hardcover. Out April 22/11. Ebook and paperback will be in all on-line outlets at the end of May/11
April 20, 2011
"Sharp 9th is a mystery - murder, corruption, conspiracy" is far too simplistic a description for what is a stunningly written thriller- that rises above the typical mystery and grabs holdof the reader from page one...a winner from A-Z
Rick Friedman
Founder
THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB
Rick Friedman
Founder
THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB
August 3, 2011
Great book, a must read for the summer!
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