Loot the Moon - Billy Povich, Bk 2 Author:Mark Arsenault From the Shamus Award nominee of Spikedcomes this much-anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed Gravewriter — In this next electifying thriller from up-and-coming author Mark Arsenault, former journalist and beaten-down gambler Billy Povich returns to aid Martin Smothers, the Patron Lawyer of Hopeless Causes. — Martin's... more » old law partner, the well-respected superior court judge Gilbert Harmony, has been shot by a thief who dies in a car crash. The cops close the case, but Martin doesn't believe a two-bit shoplifter would suddenly kill a judge -- somebody must have paid him to do it.
The suspects range from a vengeful mobster to a jealous brother to the judge's widow, and -- oops -- his mistress and her son. And as Billy comes closer to the truth, it isn't long before the killer takes aim at him.« less