Peeper - Hardcover

Estelman, Loren D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553053639 ISBN 13: 9780553053630

Publisher: Bantam, 1989

Synopsis

First edition bound in black cloth & boards. Near Fine in fine dj. Heavy soiling to the upper page block.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Estleman, arguably the finest practitioner of hard-boiled private eye fiction with his Amos Walker novels, shifts gears in this latest offering. The setting is still Detroit, but readers expecting the usual tight, tough adventure are in for a surprise. Estleman tries for humor here, but he does not bring it off. Ralph Poteet is about as sleazy as PIs get, and when the hooker upstairs awakens him in the middle of the night because she's got a dead Monsignor in her bed, he sees dollar signs flashing. However, Bishop Steelcase, Ralph's intended blackmailee, proves to be no ordinary cleric, and his mysterious assistant, Carpenter, is something other than an everyday servant of the Lord. Soon there are more dead bodies for Poteet to contend with, and both the police and a killer are looking for him. A beautiful young woman with an inexplicable lust for his body also shows up and keeps him thoroughly exhausted. The humor is broad, the story silly; the usually reliable writer disappoints this time out.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

Ralph Poteet belongs to that sub-genre of sleazy, overweight, boozing, and otherwise disgusting private detectives increasingly offered as protagonists working for the "betterment" of humankind. Nonetheless exhibiting a modicum of charm through his heavy-handed humor, Poteet proceeds to wangle his way out of several murder charges after answering a middle-of-the-night call from the hooker upstairs. No sooner has Poteet removed a dead Catholic monsignor from her bed than someone rigs an explosion which sends the hooker to the hospital. Great dialogue, slick prose, and other creaky characters accompany Poteet through an undeniably entertaining plot.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0553053639
• ISBN 13: 9780553053630
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 215