Fear Will Do It by Sam Reaves

Fear Will Do It by Sam Reaves

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Set in the tough urban ghetto of Chicago, this crime thriller finds Vietnam veteran Cooper MacLeish unwittingly involved in a blackmail scheme against a brutal pornography baron. The author has also written "A Long Cold Fall", another Cooper MacLeish crime title.

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Fear Will Do It by Sam Reaves

Chicago cab driver, Cooper MacLeish is on top of the world. His pool hustles are thriving and so is his relationship with Diana. Then, one day, Tommy Thorne, an old flame of Diana's from Trinidad, arrives in town with a plan to shake down Moss Wetzel, a soft-porn publisher. Wetzel possesses some very unpleasant goons whose job allows them to inflict violence and enjoy it. When Tommy Thorne is killed, Diana realizes she is next on the list. Her only defence against professional killers and a steroid-pumped thug is Coop...
Just the right mixture of violence and sentimentality in this excellent debut -- Felicia Lamb * Mail On Sunday *
Page-turner of the month * i-D *
Stunningly good first novel as harboiled as the Chicago sidewalk -- Mike Ripley * Daily Telegraph *
Sam Reaves was born in Indiana and now lives in Chicago, Illinois where he teaches English as a foreign language. He has travelled extensively to the Middle East and studied at the university of Jordan in Amman.
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ISBN 13 9781852423100
ISBN 10 1852423102
Title Fear Will Do It
Author Sam Reaves
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Year published 1993-03-15
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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