Gumshoe in the Dark by Rob Leininger
USA Today Best-Selling Author
Blackmail, murder, and a pretty girl on the run
Nevada's attorney general is missing. At dusk on a deserted Nevada highway in a thunderstorm, ex-IRS agent and PI-in-training Mortimer Angel comes across a pretty, scantily-clad girl--Harper Leland. She's cold and alone, thirty miles from the nearest town.
When Mort offers her a ride, she orders him out of his truck at gunpoint. She tries to take off, but he cuts the valve stem on the rear tire. Realizing she's in trouble, he wants to help--but with no spare tire, he devises a creative way to get them out of the hills--slowly, precariously balanced on three tires. On their way down, a rough-looking man stops and asks Mort if he has "seen anyone up in the hills." Mort realizes the guy is after Harper, who is hiding in the truck.
Thus begins a cat-and-mouse chase in northeast Nevada that continues even after Mort finds the attorney general--Harper's mother--dead in the trunk of a car. In time, Mort's wife, Lucy, is also pulled into the case, which becomes the deadliest of Mort's career.
The perfect mix of John Sanford, Randy Wayne White, and Carl Hiaasen
While all of the novels in the Mortimer Angel Gumshoe Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:
Gumshoe
Gumshoe for Two
Gumshoe on the Loose
Gumshoe Rock
Gumshoe in the Dark
Blackmail, murder, and a pretty girl on the run
Nevada's attorney general is missing. At dusk on a deserted Nevada highway in a thunderstorm, ex-IRS agent and PI-in-training Mortimer Angel comes across a pretty, scantily-clad girl--Harper Leland. She's cold and alone, thirty miles from the nearest town.
When Mort offers her a ride, she orders him out of his truck at gunpoint. She tries to take off, but he cuts the valve stem on the rear tire. Realizing she's in trouble, he wants to help--but with no spare tire, he devises a creative way to get them out of the hills--slowly, precariously balanced on three tires. On their way down, a rough-looking man stops and asks Mort if he has "seen anyone up in the hills." Mort realizes the guy is after Harper, who is hiding in the truck.
Thus begins a cat-and-mouse chase in northeast Nevada that continues even after Mort finds the attorney general--Harper's mother--dead in the trunk of a car. In time, Mort's wife, Lucy, is also pulled into the case, which becomes the deadliest of Mort's career.
The perfect mix of John Sanford, Randy Wayne White, and Carl Hiaasen
While all of the novels in the Mortimer Angel Gumshoe Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:
Gumshoe
Gumshoe for Two
Gumshoe on the Loose
Gumshoe Rock
Gumshoe in the Dark
" Gumshoe in the Dark is the best Gumshoe yetClassic brilliant private eye magic from one of the mystery world's top practitioners." John Lescroart, New York Times best-selling author
"Outstanding! From its opening line to its satisfying denouement, Rob Leininger's Gumshoe in the Dark is a tightly plotted, deftly executed, wickedly funny, and wildly entertaining story. Mortimer Angel is a protagonist worth rooting for, and Gumshoe in the Dark will keep you up late. Find a comfortable chair and enjoy a ride through the backroads of Nevada. Highly recommended." Sheldon Siegel, New York Times best-selling author
"The Mort Angel books are instant PI classics--smart, slick, charming, and highly recommended." Lee Child, New York Times best-selling author
" Gumshoe , the first in the series, was a Shamus nominee, and the author continues to develop Mort's character and his snappy repartee. Readers who loved Robert B. Parker's Spenser or Matt Goldman's Nils Shapiro will appreciate the humor and investigative work in this outstanding example of the PI novel." Library Journal (Starred Review)
"Once this novel is picked up, the reader will be reluctant to put it down . . . bring on the next adventure, Mr. Leininger. We'll be waiting!" New York Journal of Books
"So delightful are [Mort and Lucy's] scenes together that we're sorry the two have to get to work. A high-speed, easy-reading narrative." Booklist
"A high-spirited pipe dream of nonstop wisecracks, female pulchritude, and physical combat." Kirkus Reviews
"Outstanding! From its opening line to its satisfying denouement, Rob Leininger's Gumshoe in the Dark is a tightly plotted, deftly executed, wickedly funny, and wildly entertaining story. Mortimer Angel is a protagonist worth rooting for, and Gumshoe in the Dark will keep you up late. Find a comfortable chair and enjoy a ride through the backroads of Nevada. Highly recommended." Sheldon Siegel, New York Times best-selling author
"The Mort Angel books are instant PI classics--smart, slick, charming, and highly recommended." Lee Child, New York Times best-selling author
" Gumshoe , the first in the series, was a Shamus nominee, and the author continues to develop Mort's character and his snappy repartee. Readers who loved Robert B. Parker's Spenser or Matt Goldman's Nils Shapiro will appreciate the humor and investigative work in this outstanding example of the PI novel." Library Journal (Starred Review)
"Once this novel is picked up, the reader will be reluctant to put it down . . . bring on the next adventure, Mr. Leininger. We'll be waiting!" New York Journal of Books
"So delightful are [Mort and Lucy's] scenes together that we're sorry the two have to get to work. A high-speed, easy-reading narrative." Booklist
"A high-spirited pipe dream of nonstop wisecracks, female pulchritude, and physical combat." Kirkus Reviews
USA Today best-selling author Rob Leininger grew up in California prior to joining the Navy. Leininger served aboard heavy cruisers during the Vietnam War and also at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. He received a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, and worked on Trident missiles for Hercules, and black defense projects for Northrop Corp. Gumshoe Rock is his fourth novel in the best-selling Mortimer Angel Gumshoe series, following Gumshoe, Gumshoe for Two, and Gumshoe on the Loose, followed by Gumshoe in the Dark. Leininger resides in northwest Montana.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781608094332 |
| ISBN 10 | 1608094332 |
| Title | Gumshoe in the Dark |
| Author | Rob Leininger |
| Series | The Mortimer Angel Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oceanview Publishing |
| Year published | 2021-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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