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Loading... No One Rides for Free (1986)by Larry Beinhart
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While chasing a white-collar snitch, a New York PI finds himself embroiled in a murderous conspiracy reaching deep into the federal governmentIn his short time as partner at a prestigious Wall Street law firm, Edgar Wood manages to steal $8 million. To avoid the hell of three years in prison, Wood turns witness for the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose mysterious investigation rankles the top brass at Wood’s old firm. Desperate to learn what Wood’s telling the feds, the remaining partners hire Tony Cassella, a private investigator whose past includes a year or so at Yale University’s law school, a stint as a corrections officer, and a cocaine addiction. Though he’s recently gotten his life back on track, Cassella is drawn to trouble, and can imagine no greater thrill than tangling with the SEC. When Wood—under witness protection—is killed in a mugging, Cassella smells conspiracy. His hunt for the real crooks will leave no one safe, no matter how blue their blood. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Larry Beinhart including rare images from the author’s personal collection. No library descriptions found. |
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This book is also the first of the Tony Cassella trilogy, and in fact I purchased the bundled set [b:The Tony Cassella Mysteries: No One Rides for Free, You Get What You Pay For, and Foreign Exchange|19098589|The Tony Cassella Mysteries No One Rides for Free, You Get What You Pay For, and Foreign Exchange|Larry Beinhart|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1385992878s/19098589.jpg|25149446]
The premise is sophisticated and unique enough to arouse interest, involving corporate fraud. The dialogue is crisp and witty as expected for novels of this genre. Beinhart is a good writer, but there are some drawbacks in this first mystery novel. For one, the anti-hero is not really 'anti' as much as naughty. He has relations with four women in the story, and instead of adding spice, these philanderings actually bog down the story. Then there are the totally unnecessary insertions of what seems to be poetry, which borders on awful. In my opinion, editing out much of this extraneous stuff would have increased the momentum of the plot.
But, yeah, okay, I liked it. I'll need a break from Tony Cassella before I read his next exploit (which I'll read only because I bought the package).
(Note - the Kindle version has 'me' instead of 'the' in many instances throughout - rather annoying but I got used to it) (