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Frank Quinn #6.5
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Find The Cat, Catch The Killer
Dead in her penthouse apartment. Designer scarf around her neck. Dismembered finger in a place it should never be. What the police haven't found is her diamond-and-ruby bracelet, switched with a cheap imitation. A bracelet that mysteriously ended up around the neck of a little girl's pet cat. Now the feline is missing, the killer has struck again--and former NYPD detective Frank Quinn has to track down both the cat and the culprit before the next body drops. Quinn's played his share of cat-and-mouse games before. But this time, when fingers are pointed, the claws come out. . .
"Lutz knows how to make you shiver." --Harlan Coben on The Night Spider
"A heart-pounding roller coaster." --Jeffery Deaver on Night Victims
"Nail-biting. . .dramatic suspense." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Mister X
18,000 Words
Dead in her penthouse apartment. Designer scarf around her neck. Dismembered finger in a place it should never be. What the police haven't found is her diamond-and-ruby bracelet, switched with a cheap imitation. A bracelet that mysteriously ended up around the neck of a little girl's pet cat. Now the feline is missing, the killer has struck again--and former NYPD detective Frank Quinn has to track down both the cat and the culprit before the next body drops. Quinn's played his share of cat-and-mouse games before. But this time, when fingers are pointed, the claws come out. . .
"Lutz knows how to make you shiver." --Harlan Coben on The Night Spider
"A heart-pounding roller coaster." --Jeffery Deaver on Night Victims
"Nail-biting. . .dramatic suspense." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Mister X
18,000 Words
85 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
45 people are currently reading
205 people want to read
About the author
John Lutz
234 books300 followersLibrarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
John Lutz has captivated suspense enthusiasts for over four decades. He has been one of the premier voices in contemporary hard-boiled fiction. His work includes political suspense, private eye novels, urban suspense, humor, occult, crime caper, police procedural, espionage, historical, futuristic, amateur detective, thriller; virtually every mystery sub-genre. John Lutz published his first short story in 1966 in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and has been publishing regularly ever since. He is the author of more than fifty novels and 250 short stories and articles.
His novels and short fiction have been translated into virtually every language and adapted for almost every medium. He is a past president of both Mystery Writers of America and Private Eye Writers of America. Among his awards are the MWA Edgar, the PWA Shamus, The Trophee 813 Award for best mystery short story collection translated into the French language, the PWA Life Achievement Award, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Golden Derringer Lifetime Achievement Award.
He is the author of two private eye series, the Nudger series, set in his home town of St. Louis, and the Carver series, set in Florida, as well as many non-series suspense novels. His SWF SEEKS SAME was made into the hit movie SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and his novel THE EX was made into the HBO original movie of the same title, for which he co-authored the screenplay.
Lutz and his wife, Barbara, split their time between St. Louis and Sarasota, Florida.
John Lutz has captivated suspense enthusiasts for over four decades. He has been one of the premier voices in contemporary hard-boiled fiction. His work includes political suspense, private eye novels, urban suspense, humor, occult, crime caper, police procedural, espionage, historical, futuristic, amateur detective, thriller; virtually every mystery sub-genre. John Lutz published his first short story in 1966 in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and has been publishing regularly ever since. He is the author of more than fifty novels and 250 short stories and articles.
His novels and short fiction have been translated into virtually every language and adapted for almost every medium. He is a past president of both Mystery Writers of America and Private Eye Writers of America. Among his awards are the MWA Edgar, the PWA Shamus, The Trophee 813 Award for best mystery short story collection translated into the French language, the PWA Life Achievement Award, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Golden Derringer Lifetime Achievement Award.
He is the author of two private eye series, the Nudger series, set in his home town of St. Louis, and the Carver series, set in Florida, as well as many non-series suspense novels. His SWF SEEKS SAME was made into the hit movie SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and his novel THE EX was made into the HBO original movie of the same title, for which he co-authored the screenplay.
Lutz and his wife, Barbara, split their time between St. Louis and Sarasota, Florida.
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February 9, 2015
I can see why some people would be confused by the characters in this short story. If you aren't familiar with these regular folks you'd get tangled up and lost pretty quick. Short stories have zero to little character development and that is true of this one. Knowing the characters intimately, I found it easy to follow. But I also found it boring. I missed the banter of the characters and the excitement of the chase. Much too short for major enjoyment but I also see how it would have been impossible to turn into a novel.
December 15, 2014
For a short story, this was a tough one to follow. Lots of characters, lots of bouncing between past and present. Still not sure where the bracelet went.
January 20, 2023
CAT ELLINGTON:
In the literary world of mystery and thriller fiction, the characters created by John Lutz consist of two separate yet vitally crucial groups: the homicide detectives who investigate crimes; and the depraved criminals who commit them.
The following is one of his stories...
NOTE FROM CAT ELLINGTON: My review of Switch by John Lutz will be featured from 1/20/23 - 2/3/23 at the Review Period with Cat Ellington: http://catellington.blogspot.com/p/my...
In the literary world of mystery and thriller fiction, the characters created by John Lutz consist of two separate yet vitally crucial groups: the homicide detectives who investigate crimes; and the depraved criminals who commit them.
The following is one of his stories...
NOTE FROM CAT ELLINGTON: My review of Switch by John Lutz will be featured from 1/20/23 - 2/3/23 at the Review Period with Cat Ellington: http://catellington.blogspot.com/p/my...
June 1, 2013
Ditto, Marla
October 2, 2013
Yep I've already read it, it was really short, good book, but still could do with being a bit longer.
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April 6, 2014Keeps you hooked til the very end every time. P.I. thriller/mystery.
October 10, 2014
A really fun, suspenseful read. A robbery, some henchmen and a cat. Really enjoyed following along on the tale of theft and confusion.
January 12, 2016
It was a good book
July 23, 2014
This was a weird short story but I did enjoy it.
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