- EAN13
- 9781554903030
- Éditeur
- ECW Press
- Collection
- Eddie Dancer Mystery series, An
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Ruby Tuesday
An Eddie Dancer Mystery
Mike Harrison, Barbara Radcliffe Rogers and Juliette Rogers, Mike Rickard
ECW Press
Eddie Dancer Mystery series, An
Livre numérique
Paul Menzies is an out-of-shape, middle-aged advertising executive, who
arrives at work one morning to discover he's lost his job. Downsized. That
evening, he stops by a bank machine to check his finances. Ahead of him, a
scruffy young couple is arguing about the state of their own finances. When
the muscular husband, Victor Shriver, loses his temper and smacks his wife
hard, Paul steps in and hauls the young thug backwards across the lobby. Which
is the only clear image caught by the bank's security camera. In the ensuing
brawl, Shriver puts Paul in hospital for nearly a week. Despite the severity
of his injuries, the cops have little choice but to lay charges against Paul
for assault. Victor Shriver has found himself a sharp little lawyer, and
between them they smell money, asking for $50,000. Instead Paul offers to
fight Victor, mano a mano, in a boxing ring. Three rounds. If Shriver wins,
Paul will pay him and the assault charges will be dropped. If Paul wins, no
money changes hands and the assault charges will still be dropped. When she
realizes there's nothing she can do to dissuade her husband, Paul's feisty
wife, Valerie Menzies, hires Eddie Dancer to stop the fight. But it's too
little, too late and when the heat of the media spotlight focuses on the
"mismatched fight of the year," even Eddie realizes he's beaten. As the
world's press and the TV networks pour into town for the main event, Eddie
finds himself reliving some unresolved issues of spousal abuse from his own
past. And once that lid is off, there's no way Eddie can ever get it back on
again.
arrives at work one morning to discover he's lost his job. Downsized. That
evening, he stops by a bank machine to check his finances. Ahead of him, a
scruffy young couple is arguing about the state of their own finances. When
the muscular husband, Victor Shriver, loses his temper and smacks his wife
hard, Paul steps in and hauls the young thug backwards across the lobby. Which
is the only clear image caught by the bank's security camera. In the ensuing
brawl, Shriver puts Paul in hospital for nearly a week. Despite the severity
of his injuries, the cops have little choice but to lay charges against Paul
for assault. Victor Shriver has found himself a sharp little lawyer, and
between them they smell money, asking for $50,000. Instead Paul offers to
fight Victor, mano a mano, in a boxing ring. Three rounds. If Shriver wins,
Paul will pay him and the assault charges will be dropped. If Paul wins, no
money changes hands and the assault charges will still be dropped. When she
realizes there's nothing she can do to dissuade her husband, Paul's feisty
wife, Valerie Menzies, hires Eddie Dancer to stop the fight. But it's too
little, too late and when the heat of the media spotlight focuses on the
"mismatched fight of the year," even Eddie realizes he's beaten. As the
world's press and the TV networks pour into town for the main event, Eddie
finds himself reliving some unresolved issues of spousal abuse from his own
past. And once that lid is off, there's no way Eddie can ever get it back on
again.
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