First Prize

Chess Hanrahan #1

by Edward Cline

A brilliant young novelist wins a literary award and disappears. Detective Chess Hanrahan turns up more than murder in this sharp-edged, provocative tale by the author of the popular Sparrowhawk novels. With a new preface by the author. "Exceptionally strong . . . firm characterizations. A striking tale." Allen J. Hubin, The Armchair Detective

Genres: Fiction, Mystery

198 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1988

About the author

Edward Cline is an American novelist and essayist. He is best known for his Sparrowhawk series of novels, which take place in England and Virginia before the American Revolutionary War. He is also the author of First Prize and Whisper the Guns. Outside of his work as a novelist, Cline is known for his writings on esthetics and his defense of capitalism and of free speech. As a writer, his strongest influence has been the philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand. Currently, he is a policy analyst for the Center for the Advancement of Capitalism. He lives in Yorktown, Virginia.





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Reviews

[Diane Challenor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I originally purchased this book as an audiobook edition, but I shelved it because it needed more focus; it wasn't till some months later, possibly a year later, when I was trawling through my list of shelved books and reacquainted myself with the story, and my note about why I'd shelved the audiobook. I decided to buy the ebook edition. I wasn't disappointed. It's an interesting story delving into the Literature Prize world, and the main character, Chess Hanrahan, turned out to be a well-read intelligent character. Once I started reading, it became my "main" read (I read several books during the same reading period). I enjoyed it, and I intend to put the next one in the series on my TBR list. The other thing I'll be doing is having a look at Edward Cline's other series, The Sparrowhawk Series, to see if I'd enjoy it.