Keeper of the Flame

A Crang Mystery

by Jack Batten

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Pub Date Apr 26 2016 | Archive Date Mar 31 2016

Dundurn | Dundurn Press

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

Description

When his popular hip-hop artist client is blackmailed, Crang stumbles on a porn operation and an unexpected case of murder.

Crang is a smart-talking criminal lawyer who doesn’t mind chasing down unorthodox cases. That makes him just the guy to represent a famous hip-hop performer who’s on the wrong end of a blackmail scheme. It doesn’t strike Crang as a confounding case, but in no time, he finds himself confronting an organized gang that deals in porn, stock swindles, and murder. Things get so messy that Crang decides he’ll have to bend the law to make things right. It’s a dilemma that would cause other lawyers to back away, but not Crang, the nervy attorney with the fast mouth.

A Note From the Publisher

Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has been a very
happy freelance writer for many years. He has written thirty-five books.
Batten reviewed jazz for the Globe and Mail, wrote for the Toronto Star, and
reviewed movies on CBC Radio for twenty-five years. Not surprisingly, jazz,
movies, and crime turn up frequently in Crang’s life. He lives in Toronto.

Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has been a very
happy freelance writer for many years. He has written thirty-five books.
Batten reviewed jazz for the Globe and Mail...

Advance Praise

"Legal-thriller fans who haven't discovered the Crang series are in for a treat." -Booklist

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