The Fitzgerald ruse
By: Mark de Castrique.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Poisoned Pen
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Scottsdale, AZ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781590586297
Subjects: Fitzgerald, F. Scott -- 1896-1940 -- Fiction; Manuscripts -- Fiction; Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction; Iraq War, 2003- -- Veterans -- Fiction; Amputees -- Fiction; Private investigators -- Fiction; Asheville (N.C.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: "Former Chief Warrant Officer Sam Blackman lost a leg in Iraq and emerged from the V.A. hospital in Asheville, NC, as a bitter civilian without a job or a future. But when he solved a series of local murders, Sam not only brought the guilty to justice but found meaning for his life. Now he and his partner, Nakayla Robertson, are opening a detective agency. They have high hopes that the thriving mountain region will provide a steady stream of cases. Their first client, a quirky elderly woman in a retirement community, makes a strange request. She wants Sam to right a wrong she committed more than 70 years ago. Her victim was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Her crime was stealing a manuscript..."--Dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-245)