Synopses & Reviews
Sam Aquillo ex-boxer, excorporate executive and accidental hero of
The Last Refuge is back in this action-packed, page-turning sequel.
All Sam wants to do is hammer a few nails into his ramshackle cottage, drink a great deal of vodka, hang out with his dog, Eddie, and stay out of trouble. But trouble seems to find him anyway. When a car bomb outside a trendy waterfront restaurant kills a prominent financial consultant and injures Sam and his lawyer friend Jackie Swaitkowski, he is drawn into the investigation. Where the police have met roadblocks, Sam makes inroads with his trademark wit, instinct and charm. Also, he just wants to know: Why would someone go to such lengths not only to kill someone, but annihilate them?
Set, once again, against the backdrop of Southhampton, Long Island, Two Time is full of moody sunsets, beachfront properties and beautiful people with an extraordinary amount of money and very dangerous secrets.
Review
"Knopf has a touch I like cool, careful, reflective and a great ear for the comic eccentriciites of the human voice." Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
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"It is difficult to imagine that this is only Knopf's second novel it is pure gold. Everything about it (characters, plotting, setting) is brilliant." Library Journal
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"The ensuing mystery is meaty and inventive, though fans of Sherlock Holmes should beat Sam to the solution....Knopf has a real knack for creating interesting people and putting them through their paces." Kirkus Reviews
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"Although Knopf...adeptly works in sly jabs at the affluent culture and barely veiled class conflicts of his sleepy environs, his narrative pacing moves at an equally soporific rate. Not even a twisty ending can jolt awake this drawn-out snoozer of a mystery. (Grade: B-)" Entertainment Weekly
Synopsis
In this sequel to his enormously successful first mystery,
About the Author
Chris Knopf is a principal of Mintz & Hoke, a marketing communications agency. Born in Philadelphia, educated in the U.S. and London, Knopf lives with wife, Mary Farrell, in Avon, Connecticut and Southampton Village, Long Island, where he writes on the front porch.