For his latest hard-boiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson investigates a phone booth murder at a local campground. Madison Steele, an old high school sweetheart and now a sex worker, is the homicide victim. A vicious stalker is terrorizing her, and she seeks Frank’s help. Her fatal shooting occurs when she is on the phone with him. Enraged, he finds three male suspects, all having close ties to Madison. Things heat up and get nasty before he tracks down her killer.
As he always does, Frank leans on his long-time friend and business partner, Gerald Peyton; his medical examiner wife, Dreema; and his brilliant but outspoken attorney, Robert Gatlin. While juggling these and his other cases, Frank works long hours to reach a satisfactory resolution for each of his clients.
Critically acclaimed crime novelist James Crumley endorsed the P.I. Frank Johnson Mystery Series. ‘With a plot as complex as your grandmother’s crocheted doilies, Mr. Lynskey creates a portrait of the rural hill country that rings as true as the clank of a Copenhagen can on a PBR can, as does his handle on guns, love, and betrayal. This novel is well worth the read and makes me want more.’
#1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins states, ‘Ed Lynskey’s P.I. Frank Johnson’s books are as hard-bitten and hard-boiled as they come. The dialogue crackles with such sharpness that you’d swear sparks were jumping off the pages. And P.I. Frank Johnson is a character cut from the Tarantino mold: tough, wounded, conflicted, and badass.’
New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winning author Megan Abbott writes the P.I. Frank Johnson mystery series, which ‘bears the richest nicotine and bourbon stains of the hardboiled genre, yet also bristles with vitality. The plot sings, the characters are twisty and textured, and the violence is brutal but inevitable. These elements would be more than enough, yet Ed Lynskey offers so much more in the form of a perfectly pitched prose style that swings effortlessly from back-country grit to Appalachian poetry and back again.’
Genre: Mystery
As he always does, Frank leans on his long-time friend and business partner, Gerald Peyton; his medical examiner wife, Dreema; and his brilliant but outspoken attorney, Robert Gatlin. While juggling these and his other cases, Frank works long hours to reach a satisfactory resolution for each of his clients.
Critically acclaimed crime novelist James Crumley endorsed the P.I. Frank Johnson Mystery Series. ‘With a plot as complex as your grandmother’s crocheted doilies, Mr. Lynskey creates a portrait of the rural hill country that rings as true as the clank of a Copenhagen can on a PBR can, as does his handle on guns, love, and betrayal. This novel is well worth the read and makes me want more.’
#1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins states, ‘Ed Lynskey’s P.I. Frank Johnson’s books are as hard-bitten and hard-boiled as they come. The dialogue crackles with such sharpness that you’d swear sparks were jumping off the pages. And P.I. Frank Johnson is a character cut from the Tarantino mold: tough, wounded, conflicted, and badass.’
New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winning author Megan Abbott writes the P.I. Frank Johnson mystery series, which ‘bears the richest nicotine and bourbon stains of the hardboiled genre, yet also bristles with vitality. The plot sings, the characters are twisty and textured, and the violence is brutal but inevitable. These elements would be more than enough, yet Ed Lynskey offers so much more in the form of a perfectly pitched prose style that swings effortlessly from back-country grit to Appalachian poetry and back again.’
Genre: Mystery
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