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- Publisher: Scribner (Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743210751
- ISBN-13: 978-0743210751
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Bodyguard to a glamorous, bestselling novelist?
It's the last kind of case that San Francisco private investigator John Marshall Tanner would normally accept. But Chandelier Wells comes with a personal referral Tanner cannot refuse.
For all her money and fame, Chandelier is scared. Someone is sending anonymous notes: "If you don't stop, you will die!" Stop what? She says she doesn't know, and she has no time to find out before beginning the publicity tour for her new book, "Shaloon."
Chandelier writes romantic suspense, but she takes on tough issues. "Shaloon" attacks the cosmetics industry, and next year's book, just finished in manuscript, dissects the luxury cruise business. Could the research for her books have made her the kind of enemies who would wish her bodily harm?
Tanner's inclined to think that the lady might exaggerate her peril, but when a car bomb explodes, leaving one person dead and another gravely injured, Tanner regrets he didn't take Chandelier's fears more seriously. She has annoyed many people over the years, but who would want her dead? As Tanner begins to probe Chandelier's background, he discovers many potential suspects, including her ex-husband, a spurned lover, and a jealous writer who accuses Chandelier of plagiarism. Is one of them behind the car bomb, or is the answer even more complex and frightening?
Drawn into the bizarre life of a superstar author and an investigation that threatens to go full circle and bring back demons from Tanner's past, Tanner must also deal with his own grief for a departed friend and his developing love for a very special assistant district attorney. His life is at a turning point. The future is vast andvitalizing. The present is poignant.
Recently nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award, mystery writing's highest honor, author Stephen Greenleaf with "Ellipsis" adds another mesmerizing chapter to one of the most intoxicatingly powerful series in all of crime fiction. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
I love this hero!
13 July 2000
Format:Hardcover
This book is just another example of Stephen Greenleaf's ability to write a fast-paced, tight, suspenseful, and ultimately fulfilling mystery. If you haven't read any of his books yet, you can start here, or go back to his earlier works in paperback.
Our hero, Tanner, is great...Not to uptight or politically correct...Thank goodness he's not another recovering alcoholic! He's tough, takes a lickin, but lovable too...He's got his faults, but that just makes us identify with him that much more. The plot is great (as always), steeped in current issues and events. The pages turn too fast and the end comes too quickly..
Pick up this or any of his other books. Well worth even the hard cover price.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Stephen Greenleaf Delivers in Elipsis
11 July 2000
Format:Hardcover
John Marshall Tanner is back as the reluctant bodyguard to a driven sucessful novelist whose life has been threatened. Stephen Greenleaf lays bare today's literary world with a parade of suspects ranging from the jilted ex-husband to the soon to be fired agent, and the cross-dressing devoted fan obsessed with Chandelier Wells. But as always with Greenleaf what appears to be a simple mystery is actually a very complex character study. Tanner is still struggling from the death of his best friend Charley Sleet, commitment issues with his new love interest Jill Coppelia, and a daughter from an earlier indiscretion. An honorable and principled though somewhat rusted white knight with an Oreo addiction Tanner continues to do battle in in an unscrupulous world. After twenty years he's come to realize that "other people's problems, particularly those brought brought on by stupidity or self-indulgence, which in my experience is most of them, seem to provoke my ire more than my sympathy these days." John Marshall Tanner may decide to retire with Elipsis. If so it will be a loss to the literary world equal to John D.MacDonald's Travis McGee. Greenleaf has expertly written a wonderful tribute to a dying breed. It will prove satisfying to even the most devoted Tanner fans. Thanks for everything, Stephen Greenleaf.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A Mystery With Brains
12 Nov 2000
Format:Hardcover
John Marshall Tanner, private investigator, tells his story of this case. His client is Chandelier, a super successful writer of romance novels. Her secretary is Lark. Tanner's girl friend is Coppelia. And the author surely has fun inventing names. Aside from that, he writes in clear, concise language, presents a tight plot that is well thought out. It is a book that is a pleasure to read because it is written intelligently and without the usual gimmicks. What more can one ask for? I highly recommend it.
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