Presto Variations
A Ray Tate and Djuna Brown Mystery
by Lee Lamothe
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Pub Date Dec 09 2013 | Archive Date Jun 18 2013
Dundurn | Dundurn Press
Description
2014 Arthur Ellis Award — Shortlisted
Following the money trail gets Tate and Brown into a lot of trouble.
Detectives Ray Tate and Djuna Brown are back from a vacation in Paris – fraudulently funded by a stolen State Police credit card. While waiting to find out if they’re going to be fired or jailed, the couple is assigned to the Green Squad, a dead-end job shuffling paper and counting contraband money. But while interrogating a money smuggler, Tate and Brown uncover a massive currency stash they hope will keep them out of jail. Their target is drug trafficker Laszlo "Marko" Markowitz, who has millions in cocaine profits to be laundered and shipped into Canada.
As Tate and Brown try to penetrate the Markowitz organization, they uncover an underworld choking on its own profits and find a homicidal madman who has created the perfect blend of criminality and anarchy.
Following the money trail gets Tate and Brown into a lot of trouble.
Detectives Ray Tate and Djuna Brown are back from a vacation in Paris – fraudulently funded by a stolen State Police credit card. While waiting to find out if they’re going to be fired or jailed, the couple is assigned to the Green Squad, a dead-end job shuffling paper and counting contraband money. But while interrogating a money smuggler, Tate and Brown uncover a massive currency stash they hope will keep them out of jail. Their target is drug trafficker Laszlo "Marko" Markowitz, who has millions in cocaine profits to be laundered and shipped into Canada.
As Tate and Brown try to penetrate the Markowitz organization, they uncover an underworld choking on its own profits and find a homicidal madman who has created the perfect blend of criminality and anarchy.
A Note From the Publisher
Lee Lamothe is the author of several non-fiction books, including the bestsellers The Sixth Family and Bloodlines. His previous Ray Tate and Djuna Brown mysteries are Picasso Blues and Free Form Jazz. He lives in Toronto.
Advance Praise
Free From Jazz praise:
An investigative journalist who has written extensively on the subject of organized crime, Lamothe has an undeniable facility when it comes to describing the unsavoury world of career criminals. He also has a sharp eye for the kind of politics racial, sexual, and jurisdictional that infect a citys police force.
-Quill & Quire
Picasso Blues praise:
Mixed with really scary gore, this riff on film, life and art is a great bit of writing.
-Margaret Cannon , The Globe and Mail, November 17, 2011
An investigative journalist who has written extensively on the subject of organized crime, Lamothe has an undeniable facility when it comes to describing the unsavoury world of career criminals. He also has a sharp eye for the kind of politics racial, sexual, and jurisdictional that infect a citys police force.
-Quill & Quire
Picasso Blues praise:
Mixed with really scary gore, this riff on film, life and art is a great bit of writing.
-Margaret Cannon , The Globe and Mail, November 17, 2011
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781459706729 |
| PRICE | $11.99 (USD) |
