The man from nowhere

by Anna T. Sadlier

Freelance insurance investigator Jake Dekker stands to make one hundred thousand dollars if he can prove that Walter Thoren, model citizen, killed himself. Thoren, wealthy and eminently respectable - died in a car crash only a few days after his huge life insurance policy came into effect. The Guaranty Life Insurance Co have hired Dekker to establish suicide before the widow's suit for payment comes to trial.

Genres: Crime

Hardcover

First published February 1, 1970

About the author

1854-1932

Reviews

[Gary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Borrowed from the school library as a teenager, this is the book that got me into reading crime fiction. Deftly and intricately profited, the story unfolds mainly through dialogue and conversation. Seeming so sophisticated when I first read it, it now seems to lack the edge of Richard Stark et al who I've discovered since. But still a book that is special to me - especially as I now remember scenes set at Wolfie's in Miami Beach and Ave B in NYC - both places I've visited on my travels.

[Margareth8537 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fairly ordinary crime novel