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Bad Guys
A Zack Walker Mystery
Linwood Barclay
ISBN: 0553587056
Mass Market Paperback, 448pp
Publication Date: April 2006
Publisher: Bantam
List Price: $6.99
Synposis
(from the publisher): Zack is back, and much to his family's relief,
the work-at-home science-fiction writer has left the house to take a
job as a features writer for the city paper. But now that Zack's
incessant plotting can no longer be hatched from the comforts of his
own home, he must be ever more vigilant to outwit the evil at large,
whether in the suburbs, the city, or his own imagination. Zack is
ready. . . or so he thinks.
While researching his first feature article, Zack stumbles upon a
real-life crime scene, but what seems like an ordinary hit-and-run may
actually be a homicide linked to a gang that's been burglarizing
Crandall's high-end shops. Suddenly Zack finds himself at the center of
a violent crime wave and destined for a confrontation with Barbie
Bullock, an unsettling figure infamous in the crime syndicate for his
ruthless business tactics and peculiar proclivity for collecting dolls.
And all is not quiet on the home front either. Zack's protective
instincts launch into overdrive when he discovers that his daughter's
rejected suitor has been tracing her every step and may harbor a much
more ominous motivation than winning a Saturday night date. Nor does
his son's strange behavior and recent friendship with a creepy computer
recluse inspire joy in a father's heart.
As worlds begin to collide and boundaries between family and foe blur,
Zack goes on the attack, and heaven help the bad guys when this
resourceful father comes to make good on a deal gone bad.
Additional Notes:
2nd comic caper for reporter Zack Walker.
Hardcover: Bantam 0553803867 (May 2005).
