Beyond The Pale - A Bryan Duffy Mystery

By Patrick B. Murphy

Hollywood, March 1957 Bryan Duffy accepts a case from his most dangerous client ever: the Rabbit, LA mob boss Mickey Cohen's lethal lieutenant. The Rabbit's teenage son, Pierre Lapin, has come to LA to join his father's criminal enterprise, but the Rabbit has no desire to bring his son into a life of crime. When Pierre goes missing, the Rabbit asks Bryan for a favor: find Pierre and send him home to his mother in Iowa. Bryan knows that doing a favor for the Rabbit can only end in two ways: with the Rabbit's eternal gratitude or Bryan's eternal rest. Pierre stumbles into a night time dragnet set up by LAPD Lieutenant McGregor. The chase has explosive consequences that push the limits of Bryan's survivability, considering the braces and crutches he uses after surviving polio in Milwaukee. Jane Miller has been working overtime at the newly formed Hughes Electronics Division of Hughes Aircraft. Her boss, and Bryan's former detective agency partner Jameson Parnells, has given Jane the opportunity of a lifetime - implement a high-tech antenna and transistor signal processing system that could become the hallmark of every new Hughes Aircraft airplane. Bryan and Jane try to balance their relationship with their high-pressure jobs. Even with the threat of ending up in the Ballona swamps if he fails, Bryan must find a way to carve out time for the love of his life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CWDCFFWF
• ISBN13: 9798874016197
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"