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Loading... Cinderella (1986)by Ed McBain
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  AuntieClio | Jan 3, 2014 |   This was a good read (though perhaps slightly below McBain's stellar average) with an important moral. It's not a smart idea to steal a lot of cocaine from a ruthless mobster. Just in case you're tempted to do so. (  ) dickmanikowski | Mar 23, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
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Private detective Otto Samalson sees the tail--a black Toronado he can't shake. One dark window rolls down, exposing the barrel of a gun, and the detective is dead. Otto had already known his days were numbered and said as much to his friend, attorney Matthew Hope. Having hired Otto to watch a cheating husband for a client, Matthew is now left with only Otto's tape recorder, filled with proof of an affair. But could the evidence lead to something larger, something that would drive a man to kill? Meanwhile, a mysterious woman is on the run, her face and name unknown to all except two stepsisters who couldn't care less if a violent pair of Cubans got their hands on her. If Matthew can decipher the clues in Otto's evidence, there's a chance he could reach the girl first and save her life. A chilling addition to the Matthew Hope series from Ed McBain, Cinderella is the tale of a woman known by many names and the men who will do anything to find her. No library descriptions found. |
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Matt Hope is a lawyer whose friend Otto is killed while on a case. Otto has done work for Matt and Matt feels obligated to try to find out why Otto was killed. Enter the two factions of drug dealers, the boat owner from whom the young woman stole an $8K Rolex, the clean up guy for the cubano mob in Calusa, FL from whom she steals 4kilos of 90% pure cocaine ... and just for fun, throw in the philandering husband Otto was following for a client (but not for the reason you might suspect) and Matt's ex-wife who decides after two years they should be having sex again. Convoluted and crazy. And a lot of fun. (