Böcker av Ira Amos

My attention returned to the front door. A couple of holes allowed two dusty shafts of light access to the hardwood floor. My newspaper waited out there beyond those punctures and I wanted it. I didn't want a body lying on it. I didn't want blood on it. I did want to check the fight results of the Louis - Schmeling rematch. I did want to read the want ads. I did want... Well, there'd be no more in this lifetime.

It's 1938 and all over the city of Denver, Colorado someone is kidnapping the relatives of Arcadia Vyne's business associates. The best man to find the missing kin is Private Detective Jonas Cooper. Problem is, he's been kidnapped too!The clues point Vyne to a trail through the heart of the city, train depots, a Territorial Prison in Wyoming, and into the Rocky Mountain gold fields.It's time to round up the suspects and put them in the lineup as the mystery boils on the day nobody dies.Or does he?For those who love traditional detective and private eye mysteries. From author Ira Amos, who brought you, "Bad News on the Doorstep" comes another game of crime and whodunnit.