
Stakeout
A Stanley Hastings Mystery
Parnell Hall(Author)
Pegasus Books (Publisher)
Published on 15. January 2013
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-60598-402-5 (ISBN)
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Description
Stanley Hastings finally felt like a real PI, staking out a New Jersey motel to get evidence on a woman's cheating husband. It should have been a piece of cake. Only the husband wasn't cheating, someone killed him, and the cops are trying to pin the murder on the man apprehended at the scene, who just happens to be Stanley.
To clear his name, Stanley will wind up jumping bail, impersonating a police officer, staking out a mob boss, and appropriating a murder weapon from a sassy Jersey Girl who keeps trying to distract him by ripping her clothes off. And that's just for starters . . .
To clear his name, Stanley will wind up jumping bail, impersonating a police officer, staking out a mob boss, and appropriating a murder weapon from a sassy Jersey Girl who keeps trying to distract him by ripping her clothes off. And that's just for starters . . .
Reviews / Votes
"The Stanley Hastings mysteries depend on subversively sly wordplay. In Caper, catching criminals is all very well, but in the violently verbal world he inhabits, Stanley would be happy just to win an argument." -- Marilyn Stasio - The New York Times Book Review "Parnell Hall succeeds in making Stanley Hastings one of a kind. Pleasantly reminiscent of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin." -- The Wall Street Journal "The charm in Stanley Hastings lies in his chummy, loquacious, self-deprecating commentary as the narrator of his adventures." -- The Washington Post Book WorldMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
40 B&W Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60598-402-5 (9781605984025)
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03/2014
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Person
Parnell Hall is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling Teddy Fay thrillers. He is the author of the Puzzle Lady mysteries, the Stanley Hastings private eye novels, and the Steve Winslow courtroom thrillers. He is a Shamus Award winner, and has been nominated for the Edgar and the Lefty. He lives in New York City.