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Stone Angel #4
Long Teeth
Pete Sawyer is a private eye of a different kind. The son of a World War II American pilot and a brave French resistance fighter, he grew up on both sides of the Atlantic -- though he prefers his sun-dappled villa on the Riviera to most other places. He takes pleasure in a fine wine...and a good gun. His French name is Pierre-Ange, and it suits him. In English, it means Stone Angel.When Arlette Alfani, a lawyer as competent as she is beautiful, asks Pete to help her client whose wife has been kidnapped, Pete agrees -- only to find that the man in question is none other than Karl Malo, the inconceivably wealthy patriarch of the Malo Transport family. Completely in love for the first time in his life, Malo is inconsolable over the kidnapping of his third wife, Jacqueline. But no sooner has Pete done all he can to get Jacqueline back than Malo has another problem. Someone very close to him has betrayed him. Is it his brilliant, rebellious son, Alexandre? His one-wild daughter, Claudette? His imeccably tailored son-in-law, Jean-Noel? Pete Sawyer must keep his eyes open -- and his gun at hand -- to solve this family affair.
- GenresMystery
279 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 12, 1987
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About the author
Marvin H. Albert
123 books20 followersAlso wrote under the names Mike Barone, Albert Conroy, Ian MacAlister, Nick Quarry, Anthony Rome, Al Conroy, Marvin Albert
"Marvin H. Albert, the author of more than 100 westerns, mysteries, spy novels and works of history, died on March 24 in Menton, in the south of France. He was 73 and lived in Mont Segur-sur-Lauzon.
The cause was a heart attack, said his daughter, Jan.
Mr. Albert was born in Philadelphia and served as a radio officer in the Merchant Marine during World War II. After working as the director of a children's theater troupe in Philadelphia, he moved to New York in 1950 and began writing and editing for the magazines Quick and Look. He turned to writing full time after the success of his novel "The Law and Jake Wade" (1956).
In addition to popular westerns, mysteries and novelizations of Hollywood films, he wrote "The Long White Road," a biography of the Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, "Broadsides and Boarders," a history of great sea captains, and "The Divorce," about Henry VIII. He wrote novels under his own name and under the pseudonyms Albert Conroy, Al Conroy, Nick Quarry, Anthony Rome, Ian MacAlister and J. D. Christilian."
By WILLIAM GRIMES
"Marvin H. Albert, the author of more than 100 westerns, mysteries, spy novels and works of history, died on March 24 in Menton, in the south of France. He was 73 and lived in Mont Segur-sur-Lauzon.
The cause was a heart attack, said his daughter, Jan.
Mr. Albert was born in Philadelphia and served as a radio officer in the Merchant Marine during World War II. After working as the director of a children's theater troupe in Philadelphia, he moved to New York in 1950 and began writing and editing for the magazines Quick and Look. He turned to writing full time after the success of his novel "The Law and Jake Wade" (1956).
In addition to popular westerns, mysteries and novelizations of Hollywood films, he wrote "The Long White Road," a biography of the Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, "Broadsides and Boarders," a history of great sea captains, and "The Divorce," about Henry VIII. He wrote novels under his own name and under the pseudonyms Albert Conroy, Al Conroy, Nick Quarry, Anthony Rome, Ian MacAlister and J. D. Christilian."
By WILLIAM GRIMES
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August 12, 2017
Very well designed and written convoluted story of arms shipments to the middle east. Karl Malo hires Peter as an agent to transport a payment for his hostage wife. The fun starts there
August 3, 2020
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Fourth entry in the 9 book “Stone Angel” series. Once again, Pierre Ange (Stone Angel) “Pete” Sawyer gets involved in a case that rapidly turns nasty; fortunately Sawyer is quite comfortable in that milieu.
Here, trucking magnate Karl Malo hires Sawyer to act as go-between with kidnappers and quietly supply the ransom while insuring the return of Malo’s wife Jacqueline. This he accomplishes and considers his relationship with Malo to be ended. He’s wrong.
Malo begins to realize that the kidnapping could only have been an inside job, and advised of Pete’s expertise in ferreting out information others might not like found, hires Sawyer to find who in his inner circle has betrayed him. The Stone Angel accepts, and that’s when it gets interesting.
So many with so much to hide, and with seeming connections to gangster baddies willing to do whatever to make sure it stays hidden, it isn’t long before he’s in the crosshairs of danger...
As always, Stone Angel comes through in the end...no need to look for sophistication, but this genre in this era (mid-80’s) can be immense fun. I certainly found it so, and look forward to my next adventure in the south of France with Pierre Ange Sawyer.
Fourth entry in the 9 book “Stone Angel” series. Once again, Pierre Ange (Stone Angel) “Pete” Sawyer gets involved in a case that rapidly turns nasty; fortunately Sawyer is quite comfortable in that milieu.
Here, trucking magnate Karl Malo hires Sawyer to act as go-between with kidnappers and quietly supply the ransom while insuring the return of Malo’s wife Jacqueline. This he accomplishes and considers his relationship with Malo to be ended. He’s wrong.
Malo begins to realize that the kidnapping could only have been an inside job, and advised of Pete’s expertise in ferreting out information others might not like found, hires Sawyer to find who in his inner circle has betrayed him. The Stone Angel accepts, and that’s when it gets interesting.
So many with so much to hide, and with seeming connections to gangster baddies willing to do whatever to make sure it stays hidden, it isn’t long before he’s in the crosshairs of danger...
As always, Stone Angel comes through in the end...no need to look for sophistication, but this genre in this era (mid-80’s) can be immense fun. I certainly found it so, and look forward to my next adventure in the south of France with Pierre Ange Sawyer.
April 14, 2014
Excellent mystery featuring Albert's French PI Pierre-Ange (Pete) Sawyer. First, he's hired by an industrialist to deliver the ransom for a kidnapping. Later, he investigates the industrialist's family, to see if a relative staged the abduction.
What Pete finds isn't pretty.
What Pete finds isn't pretty.
February 16, 2016
Fourth book of the Stone Angel series and my favorite so far. Convoluted mystery with multiple crimes and all neatly tied up at the end.
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