The Man Who Tried to Get Away

by Stephen R. Donaldson

Overview

Running away from yourself never works. You'll always catch up.

"Donaldson, at his trademark best, fleshes out the characters to the max...and it's all wrapped around a well-paced, cleverly-plotted mystery that will leave readers wanting more."
--Charleston Post on The Man Who Killed His Brother

Mick "Brew" Axbrewder was once a great P.I. That was before he accidentally shot and killed a cop--worse, a cop who happened to be his own brother. Then Mick's partner, Ginny Fistoulari, blew off her own hand protecting him from a confrontation brought on by his alcoholism. Unsurprisingly, Mick and Ginny aren't on great terms any more.

Now, a week after an incident in which he was shot, barely back on his feet, Mick has agreed against his better judgement to join Ginny in providing security at a "murder mystery camp", where a dozen people stay in an isolated, snowbound lodge to play at being detectives. Then a real killer starts bumping people off, one by one...

As ever, Stephen Donaldson shows why he's regarded as one of America's greatest storytellers, with a tale of human pain and human triumph in The Man Who Tried to Get Away.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429973076
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/01/2005
Series:	Mick Axbrewder , #3
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	367 KB

About the Author

The author of several New York Times bestsellers including the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen R. Donaldson lives in northern New Mexico.
The author of New York Times bestsellers including the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen R. Donaldson lives in northern New Mexico. He is also the author of The Man Who series of mystery novels and The Gap Cycle science fiction epic.

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The Man Who Tried To Get Away

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By Donaldson, Stephen R.

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Moment of Truth
 
Ginny barked, "Freeze!" in a voice that threatened to crack the floorboards.  Her .357 lined up straight on his face.
He didn't freeze.  Maybe he was too scared.  He wheeled away as if she'd already fired.
 
Inadvertently he blundered against the door and knocked himself down.  Snow blew across him from the porch.  Eighteen inches of it had accumulated outside, and it was still falling.
 
Ginny rushed forward, crouched nearly on top of him.  Then she corked the muzzle of her gun on his nose.
 
Eyes white with alarm, he gasped out, "Don't shoot!  I killed her!  I confess!  Don't shoot me!"
 
I stopped.  Ginny didn't need me.  Not now.  Maybe she never did.

Continues...

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Editorial Reviews

At the start of fantasy author Donaldson's tense "and-then-there-was-none" whodunit, PI "Brew" Axbrewder is recovering from a gunshot wound when he learns that crime kingpin el Se or has put a bounty on him. At the urging of his partner and sometimes lover Ginny Fistoulari, the two blow town for a temp job at Deerskin Lodge, providing security for "Murder on Cue," a mock murder junket for armchair detectives. The foul playfulness turns deadly serious as soon as a storm leaves the lodge snowbound: someone cuts the phone lines, hobbles all transportation out and pops one of the players. Brew knows the bullet was meant for him, but as the body count escalates, he has no clear clue who of the 10 amateur sleuths is the pro assassin. Kooky and kinky, the large supporting cast offer lively counterpoint to terminally sullen Brew and Ginny, but even the complications they introduce can't dispel the period mustiness of a story whose suspense could be dissipated today with a single cell-phone call. Donaldson (The Runes of the Earth) is in the driver's seat as far as mastering the modern hard-boiled idiom, but his vehicle is a little outdated. Agent, Howard Morhaim. (Nov. 1) FYI: This novel, one of four in a series, has been slightly revised since it was first published in 1990 under the pseudonym Reed Stephens. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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