The Singapore Wink
by Ross Thomas
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Two pirates do battle on an old junk ship in Singapore Harbor. They leap nimbly from deck to rigging, crossing swords like fencing masters. And then one surprises the other, slicing a rope and sending the unfortunate pirate tumbling into the bay. This is how stuntman Angelo Sacchetti dies. Edward Cauthorne was his opponent, a fellow stuntman whose career died along with Sacchetti. He's selling used cars when two thugs approach him. They're emissaries from Sacchetti's godfather, a Mafia don. show more Sacchetti is alive after all--alive enough to be blackmailing the don--and they firmly request that Cauthorne find him. The search takes Cauthorne back to Singapore, to risk his own life for the sake of the man he thought he'd killed. show lessTags
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Ross Thomas audio books! And what a great reader! This is one I haven't revisited in a verry long time, an ex-stuntman who caused the death of a fellow stuntman is now selling cars and haunted by the man's final moments, but is visited by two very nasty men because someone wants him to find the dead guy who is very much alive. Complicated things continue to happen, most of them in Singapore, where there are murders, double and triple crosses and elaborate games played for high prizes.
This was the first Ross Thomas novel I read and thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope to read more. Reminded me much of Elmore Leonard.
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- Canonical title
- The Singapore Wink
- Original title
- The Singapore Wink
- Original publication date
- 1969
- People/Characters
- Ed Cauthorne; Charles Cole; Sam Dangerfield; Carla Lozupone; Richard Trippet; Sammy Lim (show all 7); Jack Nash
- Important places
- Singapore
- Dedication
- To Frances Phillips
- First words
- He was probably the only man in Los Angeles wearing spats that day, pearl grey ones that peeped out from beneath the uncuffed trousers of a grey suit so dark that it seemed almost black.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Green," I said. "Real dark green."
- Blurbers
- MacDonald, John D.
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.90)
- Languages
- English, German, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 22
- ASINs
- 3
