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Act of Fear

Audiobook
Fiction: Mystery & Detective
Unabridged   6.25 hour(s)
Publication date: 07/03/2012

Edgar Allan Poe Award - First Novel

Act of Fear

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Digital Download ISBN:9781611748420

Summary

Winner of the 1968 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. A one-armed PI looks for a link between a mugged cop and a missing kid.

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Until he lost his arm, Dan Fortune was known all over Chelsea as a crook with promise. He was looting a ship when he slipped and fell, breaking his arm in so many places that the doctors were forced to amputate, ending his criminal career and forevermore branding him “Pirate Fortune.” Since fate forced him to go straight, he has become the resident private eye of this run-down part of Manhattan, chiseling out a career of divorce work and subpoena delivery. But a big case is coming his way.

A beat cop is mugged in broad daylight and, as is the norm in this hard-bitten neighborhood, nobody saw anything. The only possible witness is Jo-Jo Olsen, who disappears the next morning. Unsure if he’s looking for a witness or a perp, Fortune hunts for the kid, unearthing ugly secrets in a neighborhood he thought he knew well.

Reviews/Praise

“This late sixties mystery resonates 40 years later, in part because of R.C. Bray’s narration. His accent sounds like New York without being over the top. His gruff thugs growl but are never campy. Bray handles many characters who come Fortune’s way, from his understanding girlfriend to potential witnesses, a serious cop, and members of the missing boy’s family.”
      —AudioFile

Author Bio

DENNIS LYNDS, who frequently wrote under the pseudonym MICHAEL COLLINS, is an American author of primarily mystery fiction. Over four decades Lynds published some 80 novels and 200 short stories, in both mystery and literary themes. He was a recipient of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Marlowe Lifetime Achievement Award from MWA, Southern California Chapter.

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