book cover of The Hook
 

The Hook

(1984)
(Book 40 in the Mike Faraday series)
A novel by

 
 
The laconic private investigator Mike Faraday is called in to investigate death-threats to film star Mina Strauss. It is early December and Mike finds a murderous Father Christmas figure involved. Aided by his blonde secretary, Stella, Mike is soon involved in murder and mayhem as he follows a tangled trail which leads from Mina Strauss' plush estate to a shoot-out in a seedy L.A. suburb. Who is behind the cottonwool beard of the most lethal Father Christmas who ever hit the festive season?


Genre: Mystery

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