![]() After putting them in their place, he then tests the limits of police tolerance. Within the first few paragraphs, Frank is confronted by local toughs who are willing and able to show him he's not welcome in their town. ![]() Lynskey doesn't waste any time getting to the action in The Dirt-Brown Derby. Initially, Frank tends to agree with the police who rule the young woman's death a tragic accident, but when the horse's trainer is found dead the next day, he's convinced to dig deeper. The cause of death: her head was crushed by a thoroughbred. ![]() Review: Ed Lynskey's debut mystery, The Dirt-Brown Derby, introduces private investigator Frank Johnson, and is sure to please fans of hard-boiled detective fiction.Īfter being offered an obscene amount of money to take a case ("Let's set your retainer at, oh, say $50,000." "What if I say no?" "$200,000 is my final offer"), PI Frank Johnson is persuaded to look into the death of Emily Taliaferro, the daughter of Mary Taliaferro, a Virginia horse breeder who is convinced she was murdered. ![]()
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