Gumbo Limbo - Hardcover

Corcoran, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312241941 ISBN 13: 9780312241940

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 1999

Synopsis

Part-time Key West crime-scene photographer Alex Rutledge's vacation is cut short when an old buddy arrives in town, and promptly disappears.

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Review:

"A well-plotted, atmospheric mystery that even surpasses his superior effort, The Mango Opera. The author brings a vivid imagination and a unique view to the Florida mystery fold. Let's hope Alex Rutledge never runs out of film".-- Fort-Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

From the Publisher:

The sequel to the critically acclaimed THE MANGO OPERA:
Late August, Key West, the off-season, the dog days. Alex Rutledge, freelance and part-time crime scene photographer, awakes to his first vacation day in months. Suddenly, an odd call from his old Navy friend, Zack Cahill, now a successful Chicago banker. Zack's drunk in Sloppy Joe's, demanding that Rutledge join him. Alex shows up eight minutes later. Cahill is gone.

The day continues downhill. A high-noon murder in the tourist district, the ransacked apartment of a local bartender, and the chance encounter of Abby Womack, Cahill's ex-mistress, combine to convince Alex that Zack Cahill's disappearance may be linked to all of these events. An overnight fire and a drive-by shooting the next morning amplify the strangeness and danger.

Within forty-eight hours, Rutledge will be tested for courage, smarts, and loyalty. To define the threat-and attempt to end it-Rutledge must risk his business allegiance to Key West Detective Fred "Chicken Neck" Lishka, his fresh interest in Teresa Barga, the police department's new press liaison officer, and his longterm friendship with Zack and his wife, Claire Cahill.

By calling in favors from a crew of Key West characters, stepping aside of law enforcement, and traveling to New Orleans in an attempt to help his friend, Rutledge will fall deep into a mysterious range war, a fight for the profits from a twenty-year-old smuggling deal.

In Gumbo Limbo, Tom Corcoran provides a deftly plotted and gripping mystery with all of the flavor and intrigue that Key West has to offer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312241941
• ISBN 13: 9780312241940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 293