Bill Kent, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $23.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-28585-2
"What Ben Cosicki was doing getting himself dead in the sarge's club, nobody could figure," and so the death of Cosicki—aka Benny Lunch— kicks off this brisk and entertaining new series. Benny is a political fixer with deep
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Bill Kent, Author . St Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-30847-6
In this complex, offbeat mystery, Kent's second (after 2002's Street Money) to feature N.S. "Shep" Ladderback, the agoraphobic obituary writer for the Philadelphia Press, Shep looks into a series of bizarre food-related deaths. First,
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Bill Kent, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $23.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-32883-2
A strong sense of hometown loyalty and authentic journalistic atmosphere lift Kent's third novel to feature seasoned Philadelphia obituary columnist Shep Ladderback and fledgling reporter Andrea "Andy" Cosicki (after 2003's Street...
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Bill Kent, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $24.95 (274p) ISBN 978-0-312-32885-6
Lawyers, highly unpleasant lawyers, are the focus of Kent's fourth, often unfocused mystery (after 2005's Street Fighter
) featuring the Philadelphia Press
's odd couple of Andrea "Andy" Cosicki, a young reporter who pens the...
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Bill Kent, Author Arbor House Publishing $18.95 (298p) ISBN 978-1-55710-019-1
Nicely detailed with police procedures and urban atmosphere, this first novel explores an Atlantic City riddled with drugs and corruption. After heroically saving hundreds of lives by capturing a man threatening to blow up a casino, 52 cop Louis...
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Bill Kent, Author St. Martin's Press $19.95 (296p) ISBN 978-0-312-09277-1
Proceeding thematically (and lyrically) from his debut novel, Under the Board walk , Kent's second mystery again follows vice squad detective Louis Monroe through the streets and into the casinos of Atlantic City. Monroe starts by busting a crooked...
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Bill Kent, Author St. Martin's Press $21 (275p) ISBN 978-0-312-11870-9
There's surely a good novel somewhere in the dark underbelly of Atlantic City, but this isn't it. Young, straight-arrow cop Louis Monroe, seen before in Down By the Sea, is severely beaten by some of the city's sleazier underworld figures. Then...
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Bill Kent, Author, B. Kent, Author Pinnacle Books $4.5 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55817-347-7
``Nicely detailed with police procedures and urban atmosphere,'' this first novel explores an Atlantic City riddled with drugs and corruption. Vice cop Louis Monroe bucks the system to expose his powerful superiors. Although its conflicts are...
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