Dirty Work

Ben Perkins #3

by Rob Kantner

Book by Kantner, Rob

Genres: Mystery

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Born in Ohio, raised in north Georgia, Rob Kantner has spent most of his adult life in Michigan. He served as a journalist in the U. S. Naval Reserve, and graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a degree in English and journalism.

Rob's business career included a series of management positions for small manufacturing and service firms. Since 1995 he has been self employed as a business management consultant.

Rob has three children: Meaghan, John, and Robert, two grandchildren: Brenna and Evan. He also has two stepchildren: Jonathan and Adrienne. He lives with his wife Deanna on their rural Michigan horse farm.

Reviews

[Mike Gower · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ben Perkins is a multi-tasking private detective who gets things done. When there's dirty work to be done he's your man.

[Citywildcat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rob Kantner is one of my all-time favorite authors. I suppose it's partially due to the fact that he writes about localities around me, places I'm familiar with, where I grew up. But even if that wasn't true, the single feature that makes his writing so compelling is that it SOUNDS real - his characters talk like most people talk. The situations that occur in his books are common to most people's lives, things most of us can relate to (family/relationship drama, car trouble, money problems, and the psyche - personality quirks that make us avoid some people, while being drawn to others.) He gets inside of Ben Perkins' head, tells us what he's thinking, feeling, and WHY. I've read every single book he's written. I don't remember if DIRTY WORK was his first one, but it was a good one! Then again, they're all good. It's too bad that Ben Perkins isn't around anymore. I always knew that when I picked up one of Rob Kantner's books, I was guaranteed to have a good read. For the record, I can't really put a date when I finished his books because I've read them all and it was a long time ago. I keep looking for new reads but unfortunately, never find them. Anyone who has grown up in the metropolitan Detroit area is sure to enjoy his writing.......and even those who haven't.

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: did the Detroit DJ do the murders? Ben Perkins thinks otherwise.