Tuesday, August 12, 2014

A Void In Hearts by William G Tapply

A private detective is dead, and Brady suspects it’s murder


Brady is consulted by a private eye by the name of Les Katz, who was hired by a woman who suspected her husband of having an affair. Katz took some incriminating photos that he sold to the husband, now he is worried about the ramifications of his small-time blackmail. When Katz is killed in a hit-and-run accident, Brady is determined to find out if it was murder. His investigation leads to a money-laundering scheme involving high figures in the financial world and the leader of organized crime in New England. In developing the case, Brady finds complications of the heart as compelling as clues Still trying to define the relationship with Gloria, his former wife, he is fast drawn into an attachment with Katz's widow that is closer than he anticipated. The case is wrapped up in a suspenseful conclusion that brings Brady near death in the snow-covered hills outside Boston his own love life is not so easily resolved.



Printing History
Written by William G Tapply (1940-2009)

Scribner Book Company
September 1988
ISBN 684 18793

Ballantine Books
February 1990
ISBN 345 35868

G K Hall & Co
April 1990
ISBN 816 14822

Kindle Edition 
August 2013

1 comment:

  1. Interesting contrasts between those covers!

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