- Paperback: 406 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (2 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749325216
- ISBN-13: 978-0749325213
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 763,855 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In his last outing The Reluctant Investigator, Lean's Manchester private eye, Dave Cunane, was framed as a serial killer, landed with a dodgy paternity suit and nearly dissected and burned alive. He starts the new book in retirement, teaching management at a local university; his card turns up in the hand of a murdered politician and he finds himself on the wrong side of an influential charismatic cult. Cunane is not so much an investigator as an attitude, waiting for someone to rub him up the wrong way; this is pretty much standard Chandlerian territory with enough commonsense modernity to it to go down smooth. What is perhaps most especially interesting about this series is the extent to which the feud between Cunane and the local police force is largely a matter of disappointed love; his retired father was Chief Superintendent and his disciples, like the devious Sinclair, have never understood why his son did not follow in his footsteps. Lean's novels have laddish wit going for them, but also a preparedness to follow through savagely on the logic of a situation; like its predecessor, this never abandons a light touch, but has moments of imaginative grimness. --Roz Kaveney
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When Fred Travis, multi-millionaire and eccentric political leader, is found with his throat cut and private eye Dave Cunane's card between his fingers, things quickly go downhill for the Manchester detective. It's hard enough persuading the police he had nothing to do with the murder, but when they arrest Clint Lane, the one person Dave knows couldn't have done it, hes forced to look for the real killer. His investigations lead him to a local pop star, a controversial cult leader, and the wife of a senior police officer. And as Dave digs deeper, the patterns surrounding the murder get more and more complex until he no longer knows who or what to believe.
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In my opinion Frank Lean is one of the most underrated authors today and unfortunately his books are not always that easy to get hold of. This is the fifth book that I have read by Frank Lean featuring his Mancunian private eye Dave Cunane. Everything about these books is so realistic and the writing style is fantastic. The storyline here is that local millionaire and eccentric political leader Fred Travis is found with his throat cut and Dave Cunane's business card is clasped in his hand. Thing's go rapidly downhill from there. He finds it hard to convince the police that he had nothing to do with the murder then his friend Clint Lane is accused and arrested. From there the action never stops, involving some very unsavoury characters all brilliantly described.
I just wish that these books were easier to get hold of because as far as I am concerned Frank Lean is by far the best writer in this sort of genre that I have seen. If you read this series you will be begging for more.
I just wish that these books were easier to get hold of because as far as I am concerned Frank Lean is by far the best writer in this sort of genre that I have seen. If you read this series you will be begging for more.
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