cover image The Cooperman Variations

The Cooperman Variations

Howard Engel. Overlook Press, $24.95 (279pp) ISBN 978-1-58567-233-2

When vision of loveliness Stella Seco""now known as Vanessa Moss""appears in charming Jewish gumshoe Benny Coopermans Ontario office, its not, unfortunately, a social call, even though they went to school together. Because a friend wearing Vanessas clothing was murdered in Vanessas house, the gorgeous head of entertainment at the National Television Corporation believes that someones out to kill her and wants Benny to protect her""and that shes one of the prime suspects in the murder is the least of Bennys problems in Howard Engels hard-to-resist The Cooperman Variations: A Benny Cooperman Mystery.