Synopses & Reviews
Shamus Ryan is not your typical car salesman. Tired of losing sales because of indecisive buyers, frustrated by potential customers who take up his time and then walk away because the price is too high or the terms are not quite right, Ryan takes decisive, and psychotic, action. One by one, prospective buyers become corpses, each gruesome death adding fuel to the fires of Ryan's murderous inferno. Assigned to the case is Chinese-American homicide detective, Paul Chang, a cop battling his own demons as he seeks his cultural center. Working with him is Nelson Rogers, an obsessive man who is no newcomer to living on the emotional edge. In Final Price, a gritty, dark-humored, page-turner of a novel, author J. Gregory Smith pulls the reader deeper into the underbelly of revenge and the twisted mind of a serial killer. Set in Wilmington, Delaware, this novel escalates to a frantic pace. With time running out and the tension building toward a dramatic explosion, every minute counts.
Synopsis
Wilmington, Delaware, is one of those cities that feels more like a small town. Neighbors know one another, and businesses cater to the needs of the citizenry. But what happens when the local car salesman suffers one lost sale too many, when one more customer decides to buy from the competition because the price is too high, interest rates aren't friendly, or that shade of blue just won't work? In J. Gregory Smith's electrifying thriller, Final Price, Shamus Ryan's frustration works like a thorn under his skin until psychotic urges take over and he commits murder -- serial murders, in fact -- his victims chosen from prospective clients who dared to walk away. With Smith's chilling scenes, listeners are pulled into the vortex of a warped mind, one man justifying heinous acts, and two detectives running a race against time, trying to solve seemingly random killings. Paul Chang, a Chinese-American homicide detective, is struggling to understand why these murders are taking place. Assisted by his neurotic partner, Nelson Rogers, Chang goes after the killer with logic, tenacity, and no small measure of fear. Written from the perspectives of Detective Chang and Shamus Ryan, listeners quickly find themselves seeing the world in unique -- and often disturbing -- ways they never expected. With dark humor and gritty suspense, Smith has crafted a refreshing and surprising thriller.