Synopses & Reviews
From the critically acclaimed author of
The Highly Effective Detective comesthis deliciously funnyfollow-up featuring the lovable but bumbling P.I. Teddy Ruzak.
After the state shuts him down for practicing detection without a license, Teddy thinks hisinvestigating days are over. Then he discovers the body of a man outside his office, a homeless man whom he had befriended just the day before.
Teddy suspects foul play, but the police think he's barking up the wrong tree. Then his normal befuddlement is exponentially enhanced by two very unexpected--and potentially very dangerous--visitors from the pound.
With his signature wit and gripping suspense, Richard Yancey has written yet another irresistible page-turner. It is sure to win him and Teddy Ruzak a whole new series of fans.
Synopsis
Shut down by the state for sleuthing without a license, bumbling private detective Teddy Ruzak stumbles upon the body of a man whom he had befriended the day before outside his office and launches a personal investigation when the police dismiss his suspicions of foul play, in a case complicated by two unexpected visitors from the pound. 15,000 first printing.
About the Author
Richard Yancey is the author of thenovels The Highly Effective Detective and A Burning in Homeland. His young adult fiction debut, The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, was named one of the best books of2005 by Publishers Weekly.Yancey's memoir, Confessions of a Tax Collector, was published to wide critical acclaim in 2004 and was chosen as one of the ten best books of the year by The Christian Science Monitor. This is his second novel in the Teddy Ruzak mystery series. He lives in Florida with his wife and three sons. Visit his Web site at www.rickyancey.com.