description: With "This Far, No Further", John Wessel explodes onto the American crime fiction scene with a gripping first novel that already has him being heralded as the Raymond Chandler of the '90s. This sizzling tale is set deep in a Chicago winter. Wessel's hero, Harding, was once a licensed private investigator with an office, a partner, and a future, but then a simple little domestic case turned on him. Now Harding's an ex-con working off the books on another simple little domestic case-- take a few pictures of a straying husband and his girlfriend-- but when the heartsick wife turns up at his door just as the girlfriend turns up dead, Harding knows he's in trouble. But not until the cops tell him that he's a murder suspect does he realize just how much trouble is headed his way. Combining crisp, dark dialogue, telling detail, and a gift for razor's edge plotting and breakneck pacing, John Wessel has in "This Far, No Further" created a bold new style of hero and launched what promises to be a long and exciting career.
language: English
title: This Far, No Further
titlecomplete: This Far, No Further
genres: Crime, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 99
series: Harding
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best First PI Novel
publisher: Recorded Books