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Subtitle: A Frank Cole Mystery
By: Vincent H. O'Neil.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780312369668
Subjects: Florida -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
First sentence: I first learned of the kid when we were swabbing out the taxis.
Description: Booklist Review: Once upon a time, Frank Cole was the happily married owner of a thriving software firm. But when business and marriage both went under, he landed in the Florida panhandle town of Exile, cobbling together a living as a fact checker for lawyers and a dispatcher for the Midnight Taxi Service. One night a driver picks up a fare from a local fleabag motel just before the cops bust a salesman with a truck full of dope. Frank puts his own detective skills to work and learns that the fare was a petty con man whose parents were sophisticated financial swindlers. Soon Frank is sucked into the vortex of a case in which his own life may be at risk. The second Frank Cole mystery builds on the series' critically acclaimed debut, Murder in Exile (2006), with a credible plot, a sympathetic protagonist, and an array of eccentric secondary characters. This has the earmarks of a series that could be around a long time; better get in on the fun at the beginning. Lukowsky, Wes