Dirty Laundry Author:Pete Hamill He's a reporter in his late 30s, divorced, disillusioned, a skeptic but not a cynic. He lives alone in New York, as I do, and travels a lot, as I do. He likes his Irish whiskey, as I do, and he's also a charlie Parker fan. I think of the story as an imaginary autobiography which may explain why Sam Briscoe is having a better time than I ... more »am. - Pete Hamill
In this bullet-swift thriller, the first of a new series, former crack columnist for a New York City paper, Sam Briscoe gets a terrified phone call from an old flame. Before he can get to her, she is murdered and Sam is plunged into a strange case involving a couple of corpses, a guy who stole a bank and a surprising pay-off....« less