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Nobody Cared for Kate by Gene Thompson - A fast paced detective thriller that wioll keep you on the edge of your seat right until the very end
Kate Mulvaney: eccentric, miserly and stinking rich. A star like many others, hated by all her envious Hollywood relatives, yet it is her money that bankrolls them. So why was she murdered by one of them while travelling through France? Dade Cooley, Kate's 60-year-old San Francisco lawyer, has arrived on the scene to put his amateur detective skills to use.
With the help of his astute wife Ellen, he discovers the motive is linked to a ruby worth a cool ten million dollars. Seven suspects for the murder emerge, from Kate's sister Maggie, a movie star desperate for a role, to her husband George, the sole heir to her wealth. A dysfunctional family all suspects. Dade gets closer to the truth two more brutal deaths occur within the family. He must act quickly before there is more bloodshed!
Nobody Cared for Kate explores the sub-culture of lavish expense and what can happen when it all goes wrong, leaving those left fighting for scraps. Perfect for fans of Murder on the Orient Express and The Maltese Falcon.
"The writing is better than Christie's." The New York Times Book Review
"Dade Cooley and his wife Ellen ... are an engaging investigative couple; he is a literate philosophical 60-year-old San Francisco attorney, she is witty, independent and never lets him get too taken with himself ... charming." HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"No one has proved better at ... the traditional whodunit with its intricate puzzle and its often eccentric sleuth ... than Gene Thompson." SAN DIEGO UNION
Gene Thompson was a novelist and writer of radio and television shows. Along with Murder Mystery he was known for Lupe, about a Mexican boy involved with the occult. A native of San Francisco, he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, after which he worked and studied in Europe for some time. Subsequently, he and his wife, also a writer, moved to Malibu with their four children and lived there for the next sixteen years. He died in his Los Angeles home of cancer in 2001.
Genre: Mystery
Kate Mulvaney: eccentric, miserly and stinking rich. A star like many others, hated by all her envious Hollywood relatives, yet it is her money that bankrolls them. So why was she murdered by one of them while travelling through France? Dade Cooley, Kate's 60-year-old San Francisco lawyer, has arrived on the scene to put his amateur detective skills to use.
With the help of his astute wife Ellen, he discovers the motive is linked to a ruby worth a cool ten million dollars. Seven suspects for the murder emerge, from Kate's sister Maggie, a movie star desperate for a role, to her husband George, the sole heir to her wealth. A dysfunctional family all suspects. Dade gets closer to the truth two more brutal deaths occur within the family. He must act quickly before there is more bloodshed!
Nobody Cared for Kate explores the sub-culture of lavish expense and what can happen when it all goes wrong, leaving those left fighting for scraps. Perfect for fans of Murder on the Orient Express and The Maltese Falcon.
Praise for Gene Thompson
"The writing is better than Christie's." The New York Times Book Review
"Dade Cooley and his wife Ellen ... are an engaging investigative couple; he is a literate philosophical 60-year-old San Francisco attorney, she is witty, independent and never lets him get too taken with himself ... charming." HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"No one has proved better at ... the traditional whodunit with its intricate puzzle and its often eccentric sleuth ... than Gene Thompson." SAN DIEGO UNION
Gene Thompson was a novelist and writer of radio and television shows. Along with Murder Mystery he was known for Lupe, about a Mexican boy involved with the occult. A native of San Francisco, he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, after which he worked and studied in Europe for some time. Subsequently, he and his wife, also a writer, moved to Malibu with their four children and lived there for the next sixteen years. He died in his Los Angeles home of cancer in 2001.
Genre: Mystery
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