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The Procane Chronicle (1971)

by Ross Thomas

Series: Philip St. Ives (#3)

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A bungled hand-off lands St. Ives in jail on suspicion of murder It's three in the morning, and Philip St. Ives has come to the all-night Laundromat to meet a thief. His laundry bag isn't carrying dirty clothing--it's stuffed with $90,000 cash. But he finds his contact, Bobby Boykins, in no state to talk. Bobby has been beaten, strangled, and stuffed behind a washing machine; Philip is inspecting the corpse when the police find him. Standing in a Laundromat with a dead body and a sack full of cash, Philip learns, is a good way to get arrested.   St. Ives is a go-between--a mediator between thieves and their victims--and he came to meet Bobby for the sake of a rich man who has lost his diary. If Philip can escape the Tenth Precinct, Bobby's killer will come for him next.… (more)
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The only one of the series I've read, but I thought it was good. Apparently the main character is a "professional go-between" which I've never heard of before, but the plot was good and the characters well-developed. Only comes in at a couple of hundred pages, pretty typical for an early 1970's thriller. I will read more if I happen to run across them. ( )
  benfulton | May 11, 2024 |
I gave up on page 66...too slow and boring with characters I didn't really care about. ( )
  JennysBookBag.com | Sep 28, 2016 |
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A bungled hand-off lands St. Ives in jail on suspicion of murder It's three in the morning, and Philip St. Ives has come to the all-night Laundromat to meet a thief. His laundry bag isn't carrying dirty clothing--it's stuffed with $90,000 cash. But he finds his contact, Bobby Boykins, in no state to talk. Bobby has been beaten, strangled, and stuffed behind a washing machine; Philip is inspecting the corpse when the police find him. Standing in a Laundromat with a dead body and a sack full of cash, Philip learns, is a good way to get arrested.   St. Ives is a go-between--a mediator between thieves and their victims--and he came to meet Bobby for the sake of a rich man who has lost his diary. If Philip can escape the Tenth Precinct, Bobby's killer will come for him next.

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