Blue Tick Revenge
By (Author) Mark Cohen
Little, Brown & Company
Warner Books
26th August 2005
United States
General
Fiction
813.6
Hardback
320
Width 3mm, Height 6mm
It doesn't seem like a bad idea when Pepper Keane agrees to steal a champion bluetick coonhound from the leader of a sadistic biker gang. After all, the dog also belongs to the biker's missing girlfriend, Karlynn Slade. And though Karlynn stole three hundred grand from him, she's not entering the Witness Protection Program without the prized pooch. Karlynn's attorney asks Pepper to keep an eye on her until the feds are ready to help her disappear. But when Pepper also accepts payment from the biker to "look" for Karlynn, things get a little tricky. Soon, Pepper loses Karlynn, the biker puts a price on his head, gangs in every direction are after him, and there's still an unsolved murder that's begging for his attention.
"A surprising premise and an extraordinary theme equal an accomplished debut....Readers looking for something refreshingly different should be well satisfied."
A former JAG and now one of two municipal judges in Boulder, Colorado, Mark Cohen's writing has appeared in magazines that include Inside Kung Fu and Camping & RV. The Fractal Murders was his first novel.