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- Title: Crossing the Chicken
- Author : J.L. Abramo
- Release Date : January 09, 2019
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 505 KB
Description
San Francisco. Late September, 2004.
The Giants are hanging on to the slim hope of a spot in the Major League baseball playoffs.
The Forty-Niners are hoping for their first win of the season after three losses.
Vinnie âStringsâ Stradivarius is in the intensive care ward at St. Francis Memorial Hospitalâand Jake Diamond is hoping Vinnie will both survive and avoid a homicide indictment if he pulls through.
Vinnie has been double-crossed, shot and left for dead at a crime scene, and he is the chief suspect in the murder of one of the cityâs most influential businessmen.
Anyone who knows Vinnie knew he wouldnât hurt a fly.
But the District Attorney and the San Francisco Police Department brass donât know himâand they donât care. Pressure from the Mayorâs Office and the public is calling for a quick indictment and convictionâand Vinnie is handy.
Jake Diamond has a strong dislike of the double-cross. If asked why the chicken crossed the road, Jake would suggest the road had crossed the chicken.
In a race against timeâwith the help of Darlene Roman, Detective Sergeant Roxton Johnson of the SFPD, Sonny âThe Chinâ Badalamenti, bookmaker William âBig Billâ Conway, and Mob Underboss Tony CarlucciâJake frantically scrambles to find answers before the case is closed with Vinnie taking the fall.
In Abramoâs first Jake Diamond mystery since the Shamus Award-winning Circling the Runway, Jake is determined to prove that you cross the chicken at your own risk.
Praise for the Jake Diamond mysteries:
âOne of my all-time favorite PI series.â âSteve Hamilton, Edgar Award-winning author of The Lock Artist
âThink itâs impossible to find a new take on the wise-cracking San Francisco PI? Meet Jake Diamond and think againâŠsharp and smart, convincing and complex.â âS.J. Rozan, Edgar Award-winning author of Absent Friends
âWith Catching Water in a Net, Abramo shows a clear flair for the private eye genre and wisely keeps the twists coming fast enough that readers have no choice but to keep turning pages.â âSan Francisco Chronicle
âJ.L. Abramoâs Circling the Runway takes up where Black Mask boys like Hammett, Gardner, and Carroll John Daly left off. Itâs loaded with tough guys and hard-boiled actionâemphasis on the hard.â âDavid Housewright, Edgar Award-winning author of Unidentified Woman #15