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It's almost midnight, bitterly cold, snowing, when a beautiful young girl, Tabitha Willard, throws herself off the Walnut Street Bridge into the icy waters of the Tennessee. Harry Starke is there, on the bridge. Wrong time, wrong place? Maybe. He tries, but is unable to stop her. Thus begins a series of events and an investigation that involves a local United States congressman, a senior lady senator from Boston, a local crime boss, several very nasty individuals, sex, extortion, high finance, corruption, and three murders. Harry has to work his way through a web of deceit and corruption until finally.... Well, as always, there's a twist in the tale, several in fact. Harry Starke is a big fish in a small pond. He's a tough individual with a past and a conscience. He has friends in high places. He's single, successful, wealthy, a womanizer, well educated, and he will hurt you if he needs to. This is the first book in the series of Harry Starke novels. (less)
It's almost midnight, bitterly cold, snowing, when a beautiful young girl, Tabitha Willard, throws herself off the Walnut Street Bridge into the icy waters of the Tennessee. Harry Starke is there, on the bridge. Wrong time, wrong place? (…more)
These Harry Starke books are 5 star all the way for me, nothing deep and meaningful but just darned good entertaining stories. Tom Lennon is one of my favourite narrators, he's just perfect as Harry
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