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Mike Haller #3
Finders Weepers
Muriel Contreras, a high-priced hooker, is informed by PI Mike Haller that she'd inherited a fortune. Trouble is, someone doesn't want her to live to collect it. If he isn't able to murder Muriel, he'll kill anyone who tries to help her!.
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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Max Byrd
32 books20 followersMay Byrd is the author of a number of scholarly books on 18th century English literature, including Visits to Bedlam and London Transformed. Winner of the Shamus Award for best paperback private detective novel, his oeuvre of detective novels include the Book-of-the-Month Club selection Target of Opportunity. Byrd is also the author of four historical novels: Grant: A Novel, Jefferson: A Novel, Jackson: A Novel, and Shooting the Sun. He currently serves as the president of the board of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers.
Max Byrd has taught English at Yale and UC Davis, has been a visiting professor at Stanford, and has lectured at UC Berkeley, Warwick University, the Sorbonne, and Monticello. Among the many publications featuring Byrd’s articles and book reviews are the Yale Review, New York Times Book Review, New Republic, and Woodrow Wilson Quarterly. He has served as editor of the scholarly journal Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Max Byrd has taught English at Yale and UC Davis, has been a visiting professor at Stanford, and has lectured at UC Berkeley, Warwick University, the Sorbonne, and Monticello. Among the many publications featuring Byrd’s articles and book reviews are the Yale Review, New York Times Book Review, New Republic, and Woodrow Wilson Quarterly. He has served as editor of the scholarly journal Eighteenth-Century Studies.
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September 20, 2020
Finders Weepers is the 3rd and unfortunately the final book in American author Max Byrd's excellent Mike Haller noir detective series. Byrd continues to write but he only produced 3 novels in this series. Mike Haller is a PI working out of San Francisco, having previously had a career as a newspaper reporter in Boston and later in San Francisco.
In this story, Haller has lost his PI license after a witness seems to lie at his hearing before the licensing board. Haller feels totally lost and wants to find out who is the cause. It could be related to his most recent case, working for another PI to find a prostitute who has been left $800K. Is the loss of his license related to this case, by someone who doesn't want him to find Muriel, or by some other person who might have crossed his pass and has a grudge against him, including Police Lt Yetta.
That is the gist of this excellent, gritty, even scary noir mystery as Haller, even without his license, continues to search for Muriel. He is helped by his partner, ex cop Fred and by various other acquaintances in San Francisco, black pimp and all around crook, Grab; by his fantastic girlfriend, psychiatrist Dorothy, etc. As I said, it's a gritty, often violent story that tracks within San Francisco's seedy underbelly, strip clubs, prostitution. There are great people as mentioned but there are also scary bad people, to put it lightly.
Haller is a great character; literate, gruff, determined. His license means everything to him, he loves being a PI. He loves his girl friend. I like how he quotes Fred; 'Fred's Buick Terrorist as he calls it'. Haller's early life, travels in Europe, life in England and Boston, his work as a newspaper reporter have given him a well-rounded knowledge and a perspective on life. All in all, it's a great story, probably the best of the 3 and a great way to end the series.. maybe one more?? (5 stars)
In this story, Haller has lost his PI license after a witness seems to lie at his hearing before the licensing board. Haller feels totally lost and wants to find out who is the cause. It could be related to his most recent case, working for another PI to find a prostitute who has been left $800K. Is the loss of his license related to this case, by someone who doesn't want him to find Muriel, or by some other person who might have crossed his pass and has a grudge against him, including Police Lt Yetta.
That is the gist of this excellent, gritty, even scary noir mystery as Haller, even without his license, continues to search for Muriel. He is helped by his partner, ex cop Fred and by various other acquaintances in San Francisco, black pimp and all around crook, Grab; by his fantastic girlfriend, psychiatrist Dorothy, etc. As I said, it's a gritty, often violent story that tracks within San Francisco's seedy underbelly, strip clubs, prostitution. There are great people as mentioned but there are also scary bad people, to put it lightly.
Haller is a great character; literate, gruff, determined. His license means everything to him, he loves being a PI. He loves his girl friend. I like how he quotes Fred; 'Fred's Buick Terrorist as he calls it'. Haller's early life, travels in Europe, life in England and Boston, his work as a newspaper reporter have given him a well-rounded knowledge and a perspective on life. All in all, it's a great story, probably the best of the 3 and a great way to end the series.. maybe one more?? (5 stars)
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October 6, 2018Synopsis: a hooker is informed by PI Mike Haller that she has inherited a fortune. Will she live to collect?
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