Saratoga Bestiary: 2a Charlie Bradshaw Mystery

Stephen Dobyns. Penguin Books, $4.5 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-14-010613-8

``A group of mysteries in one, Saratoga Bestiary builds up smoothly to a truly savage ending.'' In his fifth outing, PI Charlie Bradshaw pays off a ransom, investigates a theft, a murder and the robbery of his friends during a Superbowl party. ``Bradshaw is always half a step behind his suspects. But this keeps the story engaging and the reader well entertained,'' lauded PW. (July)

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