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One-Way Ticket (2007)

by William G. Tapply

Series: Brady Coyne (23)

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To help an old friend with a gambling problem, a Boston lawyer confronts the mob in this "fresh and appealing" mystery thriller (Publishers Weekly).   Dalton Lancaster could have been a lawyer, but his heart wasn't in it. He quit Yale after his first year, and used his inheritance to go into the restaurant business, where he might have had some luck if he'd spent more time selling food and less time playing blackjack. As he gambled away his savings, restaurants, and family, his lawyer, Brady Coyne, stuck by him. So when Dalt is beaten up, but not robbed, by three mobsters, Brady can't help but think his friend is gambling again. But Dalton says he has kicked his vice. The attack wasn't a message to him--it was to his son. Having inherited his father's addiction, Robert is in even deeper trouble than his dad ever was. When he fails to square things with his creditors, he's kidnapped, and Brady is forced to gamble on a long shot: that Robert Lancaster is still alive.  … (more)
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Interesting mystery but slow to get going. Gambling addicted college student is kidnapped. Brady suspects the mob and has dealings with the mob boss and his son.

First part of the book is devoted to Brady's relationship with Evie and her leaving to go to California to be with her dying father. ( )
  Kathy89 | Oct 20, 2007 |
Brady is contacted by his friend Dalton Lancaster because he was beat up by "thugs." His son, Robert, is also a gambler and owes a huge amount to the local mob - Paulie Russo from the North End. Robert disappears only to be found almost dead on a houseboat. His Uncle Mike & Aunt Kimmie did this as a payback because their son, Jimmie, had been missing for years.
Evie received a phone call from her dad in Sausilito, CA. He has stage 4 cancer and she's decided to stay until...... the book leaves off that Brady can do what he wants and not wait for her to return. It will be interesting to learn what happens in the next book - should there be another one.
  carrjr | Sep 23, 2007 |
One of a continuous saga of a Boston lawyer who gets involved in crime ( )
  AnneliM |
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To help an old friend with a gambling problem, a Boston lawyer confronts the mob in this "fresh and appealing" mystery thriller (Publishers Weekly).   Dalton Lancaster could have been a lawyer, but his heart wasn't in it. He quit Yale after his first year, and used his inheritance to go into the restaurant business, where he might have had some luck if he'd spent more time selling food and less time playing blackjack. As he gambled away his savings, restaurants, and family, his lawyer, Brady Coyne, stuck by him. So when Dalt is beaten up, but not robbed, by three mobsters, Brady can't help but think his friend is gambling again. But Dalton says he has kicked his vice. The attack wasn't a message to him--it was to his son. Having inherited his father's addiction, Robert is in even deeper trouble than his dad ever was. When he fails to square things with his creditors, he's kidnapped, and Brady is forced to gamble on a long shot: that Robert Lancaster is still alive.  

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