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    By Parnell Hall

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    The latest in the beloved Stanley Hastings series—the unlikeliest private eye in New York City, who doesn’t even carry a gun   Poor Stanley Hastings. After getting hired by a hitman and nearly getting shot, the put-upon PI needed some fun, so when a gorgeous damsel in distress walks through his office door she seems just what the doctor ordered.   Wrong again.   The fair maiden turns out to be a married mom who wants Stanley to find out why her teenage daughter is skipping school. Playing truant officer isn’t exactly Stanley's idea of fun, but at least it should be easy.   Fat chance.   Stanley being Stanley, nothing goes right, nothing is as it seems, bodies start to pile up, and faster than you can say ‘fall guy,’ guess who’s left holding the bag?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPegasus Books
    Release dateFeb 14, 2012
    ISBN9781453226254
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    Parnell Hall

    Parnell Hall is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling Teddy Fay thrillers. He is the author of the Puzzle Lady mysteries, the Stanley Hastings private eye novels, and the Steve Winslow courtroom thrillers. He is a Shamus Award winner, and has been nominated for the Edgar and the Lefty. He lives in New York City.

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      Stanley Hastings is a smart-mouth PI who I would like to see get his comeuppance. He is smarmy, smartmouth, pain in the ankle. Reading his snappy patter gets tiresome after a while and I just wanted the book to end.