Too Soon Dead
An Alexander Brass Mystery
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Titan Books Ltd
Published:17th Nov '15
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Engagingly written, intricately plotted, with great period detail and cameos. Author has a strong internet presence, with his own website and blog. A sparking crime series set in New York City in the 1930s.
A furtive tipster gives nightclub columnist Alexander Brass an envelope filled with photographs of several powerful people caught in compromising sexual positions. Intrigued, Brass sends a newspaper stringer to follow the mystery man. When the stringer is murdered, Brass and his team resolve to find the killer.NEW YORK CITY, 1935. NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST EXTRAORDINAIRE ALEXANDER BRASS NEEDS A STORY...It all begins when a furtive tipster promises an explosive story and gives Morgan DeWitt-assistant to New York World celebrity newsman Alexander Brass-an envelope filled with photographs of the most compromising nature. When the tipster turns up murdered, Brass and his team resolve to find the killer, running the gauntlet of blackmailing Nazis, accommodating nymphomaniacs and US senators on the way...
"Michael Kurland writes a brilliant period piece that fans of the the classic thirties mystery will simply devour. The inclusion of famous people adds a humorous but authentic touch to a fabulous whodunit." Midwest Book Review.
ISBN: 9781783295364
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 330g
320 pages