Boxing the Octopus

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The long-awaited fourth Cape Weathers investigation! If he wants to crack the case, our intrepid investigator must battle the usual villains- Russian smugglers, the Chinese Triad, drug-smuggling pirates, and an octopus. Fourth book in the Cape Weather Mystery Series! If you're gonna box an octopus, best bring some extra arms... At the height of tourist season, an armored car drives off a crowded pier and sinks to the bottom of San Francisco Bay. By the time divers find the wreck, the cash is gone and the driver has vanished. The police are convinced it's an inside job, but local merchant Vera Young, whose boyfriend drove the armored car, claims it was much more than a simple heist. Vera swears the missing driver is innocent and wants him found before the police can throw him in jail. San Francisco detective Cape Weathers reluctantly takes the case but warns Vera that her boyfriend is likely guilty-or dead. What starts as a manhunt uncovers a criminal conspiracy of money laundering, illegal drug testing, and a network of corporations willing to do anything to protect their stock price. It's a case that Cape, the witty PI, can't get his arms around. And while his relationship with Vera is getting complicated, the list of people who want him dead is getting longer. Boxing the Octopus is a runaway tour of San Francisco's underworld which reminds us that when things get out of hand, having eight arms is always better than two.

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"Maleeny provides some fast-paced, cheeky fun, along with a splash of social consciousness. Readers will hope they won't have to wait 11 years for the next installment." - Publishers Weekly
"Maleeny moves his colorful cast around with giddy panache. His detective's fourth caper is a Hiaasen-esque delight." - Kirkus Reviews
"Serious mysteries written with a light touch, the Cape Weathers novels have a Carl Hiaasen feel to them, despite being set on the other side of the country from Hiaasen's Florida." - Booklist
"Boxing The Octopus reads like a surreal blend of Raymond Chandler and Carl Hiaasen... If comic crime fiction is your thing, Maleeny delivers in spades."" - The Irish Times

Author Bio

Tim Maleeny is a San Francisco-based writer whose short stories appear in Death Do Us Part, an anthology from Mystery Writers of America edited by Harlan Coben, and also Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. www.timmaleeny.com