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The Fitzgerald Ruse

A Sam Blackman Mystery

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The Fitzgerald Ruse

By: Mark de Castrique
Narrated by: William Dufris
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About this listen

 Former chief warrant officer and amputee Sam Blackman and his partner, Nakayla Robertson, are opening a detective agency. They have high hopes that the thriving Mountain Region will provide a steady stream of cases.

Their first client, a quirky elderly woman in a retirement community, makes a strange request: she wants Sam to right a wrong she committed over 70 years ago. Her victim? F. Scott Fitzgerald. Her crime? Stealing a manuscript when Fitzgerald resided in the stately Grove Park Inn. Sam's task seems simple enough: retrieve the woman's lockbox and deliver the manuscript to Fitzgerald's heirs.

©2009 Mark de Castrique (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Private Investigators Crime

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Critic reviews

"Winning....Readers will hope to see a lot more of the book's amiable characters, in particular, Sam and Nakayla, whose comfortable banter lends the story much of its charm." ( Publishers Weekly)
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I love the characters and setting of this series - and the performance is mostly strong. However, the story became overly complex about three-quarters of the way into the book. I nearly gave up - but persevered. The ending was OK (although the bad guy was not too much of a surprise). Not sure whether I’ll tackle book three …

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