A Ticket to Die for

by David J. Walker

Book Overview

David J. Walker's series featuring P. I. Mal Foley won him an Edgar nomination for best first novel. Now Walker applies his sharp, deliciously tense writing style to a new detecting team. The wife is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312193459
• ISBN13: 9780312193454
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Walker is in fine fettle, an unputdownable mystery

In Chicago, Dugan is the lawyer and Kirsten is the private investigator in this married team. Kirsten asks Dugan to assist on a case in which she needs to speak with Lynn Bulasik, a witness to a conversation between ambulance chasing attorney Larry Candle and one of his clients. Kirsten takes her spouse to Cousin Freddy's, an adult store that caters to a mature audience wanting to buy assorted adult media and novelty items. However, when they enter the store, they find Lynn dead, courtesy of a broken neck. After spending several hours with the Chicago police, Kirsten and Dugan leave. He wonders out loud why the big city cops are interested when the hit took place in the suburbs? Kirsten calmly explains to Dugan that the killing is mob-related, which means that the married couple could be marked for death next. The pair struggles to stay out of harms way even as Kirsten continues to help her client, the shyster Larry. More people are killed, making it even more dangerous for the dynamic duo. David J. Walker, author of the Mal Foley series, writes a new Chicago-based mystery, starring two lovable characters that will garner reader attention. TICKET TO DIE FOR has an engrossing who-done-it that will pique reader interest and the cast of characters add depth and Midwest color to the novel. However, it is the witty dialogue between the unusual married couple that turn this into a terrific tale that will bring fans back for more books in a series that has the making of a long friendship.Harriet Klausner