Parnell Hall is the Edgar, Shamus and Agatha Award nominted author of 20 Stanley Hastings mysteries, 19 Puzzle Lady Mysteries, 6 Steve Winslow courtroom thrillers, and 5 NY times bestselling novels co-authored with Stuart Woods. His final novel, Chasing Jack, was published in 2021, shortly before his death from COVID-19.
Two killers are leaving a trail of mutilated corpses across Manhattan... while hunting a mysterious man with a name so common, they may never run out of victims. They are pursued by a disgraced cop, dying of cancer and desperate for redemption. Caught in the middle, but unaware of it, are a tabloid reporter and the cast of a troubled Broadway play facing a terrifying battle for their lives.
The pleasure is in the wordplay, at which Hall is a master.
Parnall Hall is a master of the genre.
Hall is a born yarn spinner. Erle Stanley Gardner would be proud. And maybe just a tad envious.
A fast-moving tale with a light touch. . . . Crime fiction doesn’t get much more entertaining than this.
Hall handles comic dialogue as well as any in crime fiction