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It's Not a Pretty Sight

An Aaron Gunner Mystery

ISBN: 0399141324
ISBN-13: 9780399141324
Format: Hardcover

Summary

Years ago, Los Angeles private investigator Aaron Gunner was engaged to Nina Pearson. The romance ended when he stranded her at the altar, but he still cares enough to mourn when she is found murdered in her kitchen. The easy suspect is her abusive husband Michael, but although Gunner despises the man, he isn't sure that he's the killer. But if he didn't do it, who did? And why?

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"Gunner knows everybody who's anybody, and even more people who aren't..."

   -- Kirkus

"Gunner's search for the killer takes him through the dystopian regions of L.A. that none but the brave-or poverty-stricken or sociopathic-dare roam....[The book] is a first-rate story, melding sharp social commentary with lively plotting and somersaulting dialogue. But its title gives fair warning: Don't expect to like much of what you see here."    -- Maureen Corrigan

   -- Washington Post Book World

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
Published date: 1996
Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.05 pounds
Pages: 230

Publisher's Notes

Sticking his nose into other people's business is what Los Angeles private investigator Aaron Gunner does best, but one of the few times he refused to do so, a pretty lady ended up dead. Gunner turned Grace Mokes away because he didn't feel comfortable saving her from the one-sided boxing match that was her marriage to his old friend Jolly, and when Jolly finally killed her less than a week later, Gunner knew he'd made a mistake. A mistake he was determined never to make again.

Other Editions

Paperback - Berkley Pub Group (1998) - from $1.00
Hardcover - Putnam Pub Group (1996) - from $1.00

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