Call of the Nightingale: A James Cartwright PI Mystery: 01 - Softcover

Spencer, Oliver Dean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993649580 ISBN 13: 9780993649585

Publisher: Original Press, 2019

Synopsis

Series: James Cartwright PI Mysteries (Book 2 of 3)

Best Mystery & Crime Fiction / 2023 MAXY International Book Awards

James Cartwright, a Detroit ex-cop, turned private eye, is cynical, resourceful, and tough. He lives by a moral code, one which he believes helps him distinguish right from wrong, fact from fiction, and truth from lies.

But as Cartwright discovers during each of his cases, it's one thing to believe in the code, and quite another to live by it. In each case, Cartwright uses his intellect, brute force, and unique powers of deduction in unwitting his unsuspecting adversaries

In his latest case, James Cartwright, a Detroit ex-cop, turned private eye, sets out to prove the innocence of a seventeen-year-old girl named, Alice.

She's suspected of murdering her grandfather, Professor Carmichael. However, the murder turns out to be anything but straightforward. Carmichael, a leading genetic scientist, has a dark and sinister past, dating back to the 1930s American Eugenics program.

"Spencer's recent addition to the Cartwright Series is loaded with unexpected twists and turns and edge of your seat suspense. It will keep you guessing to the last page."

"Call of the Nightingale was an enjoyable read. It was the first book that I have read by the author, Oliver Dean Spencer, and the second in the James Cartwright Mystery series... I will definitely add the two other books in the series to my list plus check out other series books by this accomplished author." 4 out of 5 stars - alohaboy early reviewers, Library Thing May 6, 2023

About this title

About the Author

Oliver Dean Spencer is an international crime fiction writer based out of Montreal, Canada. His writing derives its stylistic inspiration from film noir and the hard-boiled P.I. pulp serials from the 30's and 50's. Some of his favourite authors include Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Ross MacDonald, Edgar Allan Poe and Phillip K. Dick. He received his (MFA) Master of Fine Arts Degree in Visual Arts from the University of Ottawa in 2010 and his (BFA) Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Concordia University, Montreal (2008). When Mr. Spencer is not working on the James Cartwright, P.I. series he spends time with his daughter, playing chess at a local café, and painting

Edition details

• Publisher: Original Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0993649580
• ISBN 13: 9780993649585
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 340