Five Star First Edition Mystery - Music Across The Wall

Five Star First Edition Mystery - Music Across The Wall

Thomas J. Keevers makes an assured debut in this tough look at broken lives and lost hopes in the inner city, featuring a new private eye hero with guts and baggage to spare. P.I. Mike Duncavan is twice divorced, an ex-cop, and a disbarred lawyer. Hired by defense counsel to look into the murder of a "solid family guy," Mike is up against a hard deadline, with only fifteen days to conduct his investigation. Among the many unanswered questions: What was the deceased doing in the building in the first place? If he was killed in a robbery, why was his wallet left behind? With very little to go on, Duncavan follows a trail of cryptic clues, risking his life and what's left of his reputation, leading to an unlikely killer with the most likely motive. Thomas J. Keevers lives in Chicago, Illinois. From Booklist In this solid mystery debut, Chicago's streets and neighborhoods are described by one who knows them well--Keevers is a former homicide detective with the Chicago Police Department. His flawed hero, Mike Duncavan, has been rejected by almost everyone: two ex-wives, the police department, and the Chicago Bar Association. About all that's left is PI work and staring at girls walking under his downtown office window. With his hot temper and fondness for Stoli on the rocks, Duncavan is a disaster waiting to happen--and you don't have to wait too long. While investigating the death of a Polish immigrant murdered in an abandoned building in the notorious Cabrini-Green housing project, Duncavan stumbles into a deeper mystery involving the occult. His involvement with a beautiful Polish woman doesn't help matters, nor does his continuing obsession with his first ex-wife. Despite his propensity for bad decisions, Duncavan is an appealing underdog. An affectionate and powerful portrayal of a big-shouldered city and one of its bighearted denizens. Jenny McLarinCopyright