Hardscape : a novel by Justin Scott
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Book
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2
editions published
between
1994
and
2003
in
English
and held by
732
libraries
worldwide
Recently home from the slammer, former Wall Street trader Ben Abbott is hired by a New York City private detective to spy on Rita Long, suspected of cheating on her husband.
Mausoleum by Justin Scott
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Book
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9
editions published
between
2007
and
2009
in
English
and held by
679
libraries
worldwide
Angered when Newbury, Connecticut's three-hundred-year-old cemetery is invaded by an eyesore of a mausoleum belonging to newcomer Brian Groses, Ben Abbott launches a personal investigation when Brian's body is found in his monument, the victim of a shooting.
StoneDust : a Ben Abbott novel by Justin Scott
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Book
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2
editions published
between
1995
and
2000
in
English and Romanian
and held by
592
libraries
worldwide
In Newbury, Connecticut, following a sleepover party for select couples, the best friend of the host is found dead from a heroin overdose. But was it really overdose? The jailed inside-trader, Ben Abbott, now a reformed realtor, probes the world of the beautiful people to learn the truth. By the author of HardScope.
McMansion by Justin Scott
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Book
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3
editions published
between
2006
and
2007
in
English
and held by
490
libraries
worldwide
Scott's satisfying fourth installment of his Ben Abbott series hinges on the murder of Billy Tiller, a greedy developer determined to ruin the small town charm of Newbury, Conn., with a string of tacky starter palaces. When he's found dead the police arrest a young environmental activist, Jeff Kimball. Ira Levy, Kimball's lawyer, asks Abbott, realtor-cum-PI, to dig around. Abbott doesn't want to take the case he despised everything Tiller stood for and worries that his loathing might hamper his investigation, but Levy twists his arm. Abbott determines pretty quickly that Kimball could not have committed the crime, but figuring out who did is a tad trickier.
Frostline by Justin Scott
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Book
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5
editions published
between
1998
and
2006
in
English and Romanian
and held by
477
libraries
worldwide
When Newbury's newest resident, ex-diplomat Harry King, the close confidant of Kissinger and reputed to have been heavily involved in the Vietnam War, summons real estate agent Ben Abbott to his new McMansion, Ben dreams of big dollar signs. The commission from selling the Fox Trot estate would be huge. But King doesn't want Ben's selling expertise, he wants him to act as a mediator between him and his troublesome neighbour, surly Vietnam vet Ronnie Butler. A strip of Butler's land cuts straight into King's estate like a knife, acting as a red flag for two neighbors who are as ornery and quarrelsome as a pair of rival bulls. In fact, the testoserone is flowing heavier than the waters in the stream King is damming up for a picturesque lake. Before Ben can mediate, an explosion rocks a lavish party on the Fox Trot lawn. The blast blows up the dam--and Butler's ex-con son, Dickie, along with it. Butler, an army-trained sapper, is arrested for setting the dynamite. Ben, whose childhood friend Dickie had tried his patience and loyalty many times before, refuses to accept Butler's guilt. Besides, too many things don't add up. Could it be the work of terrorists? Of one of the many groups holding a grudge against King? Or just someone with his own axe to grind? With the Feds on the scene, caught in state and local law enforcement jockeying, Ben negotiates an unpopular course through the usual minefield of his various loyalties to friends, family and lovers, of whom there are plenty....
Zoo tails by Oliver Graham-Jones
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Book
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1
edition published
in
2001
in
English
and held by
109
libraries
worldwide
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