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Boxing the Octopus
- Author
- Tim Maleeny
- Narrator
- Armando Durán
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 21 January 2020
- Run Time
- 10 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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. Private investigator 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 can’t get his arms around, and his relationship with Vera is getting complicated while 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.
Critics Review
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“A colorful gem of a book with sharp, funny dialogue and a crowd of dangerous characters, including one who is startlingly well-armed.”
Thomas Perry, New York Times bestselling author
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“Maleeny provides some fast-paced, cheeky fun, along with a splash of social consciousness.”
Publishers Weekly
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“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
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“Maleeny moves his colorful cast around with giddy panache. His detective’s fourth caper is a Hiaasen-esque delight.”
Kirkus Reviews
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“Tough, original, compelling—a perfect thriller debut.”
Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author, on Stealing the Dragon
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“If you threw in the air the pages of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Elmore Leonard’s Get Shorty, and then invited Monty Python to stitch them back together, you might end up with something like Jump, Tim Maleeny’s hilarious novel.”
Boston Globe on Jump
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Details
- Author
- Tim Maleeny
- Narrator
- Armando Durán
- Duration
- 10 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 January 2020
- ISBN
- 9781504675642
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Synopsis
If you’re gonna box an octopus, best bring some extra armsAt 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. Private investigator 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 can’t get his arms around, and his relationship with Vera is getting complicated while 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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