Synopses & Reviews
Chantal ran away from home to escape her abusive father. Now shes on the run again, wanted by the police as a “person of interest” in the suspicious death of her equally abusive pimp boyfriend.
Hector and Carlos do piecework for ancient Vancouver kingpin Jake Cappalletti. Theyre on their way to Jakes mini-mansion with ten million bogus U.S. dollars destined for the unsophisticated Russian market when Jake is felled by a stroke. Marty, Jakes heir apparent, fears a palace revolt. He tells Carlos and Hector to hold on to the cash until Jake recovers or the situation stabilizes. But Carlos is the kind of guy whod use a pair of bolt-cutters to liberate a Safeway shopping cart rather than temporarily spend a quarter. And Hector is the kind of guy whod risk paying a hooker like Chantal with Jakes counterfeit twenties rather than spend his own hard-earned cash.
Now Chantals running from the cops and Carlos and Hector.
Detectives Jack Willows and Claire Parker are searching for Chantal, but they also have problems of their own. Jacks daughter is in her first year at U.B.C. So far, all shes learned is how to party. Parker, watching Jacks kids grow up, is acutely aware of the swift passage of time. Shes wanted children for years, and has finally reached the point where she isnt willing to wait any longer.
Fast, wisecracking, and full of action, Funny Money is sure to appeal to both new readers and to loyal fans of Laurence Gough.
About the Author
Laurence Gough, who lives with his wife and two children in Vancouver, has written twelve Willows and Parker mysteries: The Goldfish Bowl, winner of an Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel from the Crime Writers of Canada; Death on a No. 8 Hook; Hot Shots, winner of an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year; Serious Crimes; Accidental Deaths; Fall Down Easy; Killers; Heartbreaker; Memory Lane; Karaoke Rap; Shutterbug; and Funny Money. His international thriller, Sandstorm, won the Author Award (fiction) from the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters in 1991.