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Chris Shovelin #1
Homage
British private eye Chris Shovelin answers a call for help from a friend on the other side of the world. Arriving in San Diego he discovers Jefferson, the friend in need, lying on the floor of his apartment with a hole in his head. Shovelin's instinct is to run, but Jefferson’s client, the mega-rich China Heart, wants him to take over where Jefferson failed and find Jerry Lennox, her missing brother. From a dude ranch in the desert, to Los Angeles and San Francisco, the chase is on. But who is being hunted -- Shovelin or Lennox? Catastrophic plane crashes, extortion, drugs and murder all play their part in bringing about a tumultuous climax which makes any other thriller pale in comparison.
216 pages, Paperback
First published August 15, 2001
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Julian Rathbone
67 books24 followersJulian Christopher Rathbone was born in 1935 in Blackheath, southeast London. His great-uncle was the actor and great Sherlock Holmes interpreter Basil Rathbone, although they never met.
The prolific author Julian Rathbone was a writer of crime stories, mysteries and thrillers who also turned his hand to the historical novel, science fiction and even horror — and much of his writing had strong political and social dimensions.
He was difficult to pigeonhole because his scope was so broad. Arguably, his experiment with different genres and thus his refusal to be typecast cost him a wider audience than he enjoyed. Just as his subject matter changed markedly over the years, so too did his readers and his publishers.
Among his more than 40 books two were shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. Both were historical novels: first King Fisher Lives, a taut adventure revolving around a guru figure, in 1976, and, secondly, Joseph, set during the Peninsular War and written in an 18th-century prose style, in 1979. But Rathbone never quite made it into the wider public consciousness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_R...
The prolific author Julian Rathbone was a writer of crime stories, mysteries and thrillers who also turned his hand to the historical novel, science fiction and even horror — and much of his writing had strong political and social dimensions.
He was difficult to pigeonhole because his scope was so broad. Arguably, his experiment with different genres and thus his refusal to be typecast cost him a wider audience than he enjoyed. Just as his subject matter changed markedly over the years, so too did his readers and his publishers.
Among his more than 40 books two were shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. Both were historical novels: first King Fisher Lives, a taut adventure revolving around a guru figure, in 1976, and, secondly, Joseph, set during the Peninsular War and written in an 18th-century prose style, in 1979. But Rathbone never quite made it into the wider public consciousness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_R...
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July 18, 2019
Un libro che ho fatto davvero fatica a completare. Un'accozzaglia di situazioni improbabili, un protagonista che sembra a tratti un vero imbecille e una trama piuttosto labile.
October 15, 2011
There is a bit too much description of (seemingly) irrelevant details in rooms. The story picks up a little in the second half of the book.
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