| Deadlines Contributor(s): McHugh, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1935448048 ISBN-13: 9781935448044 Publisher: Lost Coast Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009043632 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.5" W x 8.64" (0.73 lbs) 243 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Deadlines" launches into action when a land-use activist, Beverly Bancroft, is slain on a stretch of California shore. The killers, who disguise her death as an accident, work for Cornu Point, an equestrian resort seeking to boost profit from public land along the coast. A young reporter, Sebastian Palmer, finds Bancroft's death could be a clever murder. He's assisted by a new friend, Elle Jatob, a beautiful, athletic Brazilian who yearns to be a cop. Palmer's newspaper assigns veteran columnist Colm MacCay to Palmer as mentor. MacCay, a wild alcoholic, fails to perform. Palmer soon becomes the next victim. MacCay convinces Jatob he can revive his investigative skills. She helps him uncover the land-grab that prompted attacks on Bancroft and Palmer. "Deadlines" ends on the old Bancroft estate. MacCay and Jatob must face a determined killer and a lawman who might not be on their side. Their lives are at stake, as well as fate of lands on the California coast. |