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The Paradise Affair

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From Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini comes this historical mystery, The Paradise Affair.

Quincannon's pursuit of two con men who have absconded to Hawaii with a considerable sum of his employer's assets dovetails nicely with Sabina's vision of a second honeymoon. But neither is wont to stay out of trouble, and Sabina inadvertently becomes involved in a locked room murder involving a dying message in Honolulu.

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrators Erica Sullivan and Kevin Kenerly capture 1890s San Francisco and Hawaii. Listeners meet detectives Sabina Carpenter and John Quincannon, who are sailing to the Aloha State. Quincannon is trailing two crooks who robbed money and bonds from a San Franciscan. Kenerly vividly conveys seasickness, impatience, and bravado. Sullivan's patient yet feisty Carpenter is drawn into a clever locked-room mystery when Philip Oakes begs her to find his uncle's killer. Sullivan and Kenerly effectively depict the Hawaiian locale, food, words, and extremes of weather. Most entertaining is Kenerly's portrayal of a local private investigator whose shrewd skills and ability to drink massive amounts of beer impress even Quincannon and add to a fun listen. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 16, 2020
      Set in 1898, MWA Grand Master Pronzini’s routine ninth mystery featuring San Francisco PIs Sabina Carpenter and John Quincannon (after 2020’s The Stolen Gold Affair) takes the married couple to Hawaii in pursuit of Jackson “Lonesome Jack” Vereen and E.B. Nagle (aka Nevada Ned), who duped an Oakland, Calif., businessman into investing thousands in a nonexistent silver mine. Quincannon focuses on tracking down the two grifters, a task that leads him to investigating multiple murders. Meanwhile, Carpenter becomes involved in a howdunit after Gordon Pettibone, the owner of an import-export bank, is found dead behind a locked door in his study. A loaded pistol next to Pettibone’s corpse makes accident or suicide the logical explanation. Carpenter probes deeper, but her efforts to show how someone could have entered the sealed room don’t generate much excitement. Pronzini has been better at evoking a past time and place. Series fans invested in the leads are most likely to appreciate this one. Agent: Dominick Abel, Dominick Abel Literary.

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