THE LEFT-HANDED DOLLAR: AN AMOS WALKER NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 03880010B41606
English Summary/英文概要： Joseph Michael Ballista Joey Ballistic to his mob buddies knows most of the ways to make an illegal buck, or a left-handed dollar. That s why he s in trouble again. But his crafty lawyer, Lucille Lettermore Lefty Lucy to just about every prosecutor she s ever humiliated in court is determined to free him by getting all his previous convictions set aside, beginning with one for attempted murder. She hires Detroit private detective Amos Walker to investigate the old crime. Walker s first problem? The intended victim was investigative reporter Barry Stackpole, Walker s only true friend. Walker s not thrilled to help get his buddy s would-be killer off the hook. But money s money, so he takes the case. It won t be easy. For starters, though Joey s ex-wives grudgingly talk with Walker, he knows they re not levelling with him. And two new murders tied to the case aren t likely to make them chattier. Walker, friendless and desperate for answers, follows a string of leads old and new straight into a war of nerves and bullets in Detroit s seedy, crime-ridden underbelly.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 約瑟夫·邁克·波里斯特，又名裘伊·波里斯特，掌握著製造非法貨幣，或者說，製造左旋貨幣的多種途徑。而這也令他再次陷入了困境。但他的律師，詭計多端的露西亞·萊特摩爾，-------在業界以“左撇子露西”聞名，幾乎在庭上羞辱過每一位檢察官------開始著手研究一件謀殺未遂的案子，這次她決定駁回對他的一切訴訟，以幫他脫罪。
她雇傭了私家偵探阿莫斯·沃克來調查這起陳年案子，這會是沃克的第一個麻煩嗎？預期受害人是一個名叫巴瑞·斯塔可波爾的調查記者，而他則是沃克唯一的真心好友。沃克並沒有因為能夠揪出威脅好友的兇手而興奮，反倒是因為報酬，他接下這個並不簡單的案子。起初，兇手的前妻勉強接受了詢問，但沃克知道，她並未對他說實話，而兩名新殺手的加入，則使這個案子的人們愈加的沉默。
孤立無援的沃克，只能憑藉一系列的線索和急於求解的心情，一步步深入至底特律黑暗，充滿犯罪的世界，去贏得這場心理戰。(Lulu)
Awards/获奖情况：获得出版人周刊2007年度100本好书称号 Reviews
A challenging inquiry places Amos Walker at odds with his only real friend, investigative journalist Barry Stackpole, in Estleman’s superlative 20th novel featuring the Detroit PI (after 2007’s American Detective). A car bombing that left Stackpole seriously maimed leads to the conviction for attempted murder of mobster Joseph Ballista (aka “Joey Ballistic”), who earned his nickname for his bad temper and his alleged fondness for blowing things up. Ballista’s lawyer, Lucille Lettermore (aka “Lefty Lucy”), who likes to defend unpopular clients, hires Walker to prove that the gangster, who faces enhanced punishment as a repeat offender, wasn’t responsible for the bomb that destroyed the reporter’s car. Convinced the man is innocent, the detective focuses on identifying the informant who fingered Ballista for the crime. Estleman proves conclusively that there’s plenty of life left in the contemporary hard-boiled subgenre.
*Joe Ballista, aka “Joey Ballistic,” is serving time for, among other crimes, blowing up Barry Stackpole, Detroit’s premier crime reporter. Stackpole survived but was left with a bad leg and a damaged hand. Now Amos Walker, a private investigator and Stackpole’s best friend, is working to exonerate Ballista. Walker’s client is “Lefty” Lucy Lettermore, who’s made a career of representing liberal causes in high-profile cases. If she can clear Ballista, it will be her biggest triumph in years. But Joey doesn’t have much in the way of friends, and Walker doesn’t have much in the way of leads. But as Walker slogs on, he makes someone nervous. Two potential sources are murdered, and Walker disrupts another attempt on Stackpole’s life by a home invader. The latest Walker novel features all the selling points that have made the series a touchstone for fans of hard-boiled crime fiction: irrepressible tough-guy dialogue, great plotting, vibrant Detroit milieu, and a hero who has whiskey on his breath and nicotine stains on his fingers.
About the Author/作者介绍： LOREN D. ESTLEMAN is the author of more than sixty novels. He has won four Shamus Awards, five Spur Awards, and three Western Heritage Awards among others. He lives with his wife, author Deborah Morgan, in central Michigan.
羅倫·D·伊斯特曼，曾創作多達60部作品。贏得4次夏姆斯獎，5次Spur獎，以及3次西部遺產獎。現今與妻子居住于中密歇根。
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