AIM FOR THE HEART
(writing as Wendell McCall) "Elegantly written, hard-boiled fare—Philip Marlowe on a Sierra Club outing..." —Kirkus Reviews  READ MORE PRAISE
Chris Klick, the tracer of missing musicians who made a memorable debut in Dead Aim, is trying to take a few weeks off between assignments at his home in the Idaho mountains. He's never too far from danger, though, as he and his buddy Lyel, a former pro basketball player now clipping coupons, find themselves investigating a series of mysterious occurrences. An accident at the local airport leaves the pilot dead under unusual circumstances. Lyel asks Klick to help him find a woman who is apparently attempting to out-run her creditors. Or was she kidnapped? But events reach a new level of intensity when the seductive Alicia Gebhardt engages Klick's services at prices too high for this line of work, leaving him wondering what he's gotten himself into-and whether he can get out without be-in killed. Grippingly told in a style that calls to mind the grace, speed, and power of a high-performance sports car, Aim for the Heart accelerates to scenes of raw action, providing another explosive adventure for Chris Klick and placing Wendell McCall in the front rank of private-eye novelists writing today.
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Praise for Aim for the Heart… "A fine follow-up to Dead Aim, the lyrical p.i. novel that introduced loner Chris Klick and his millionaire chum Lyel.... Elegantly written, hard-boiled fare—Philip Marlowe on a Sierra Club Outing—and a crisp, snappy diversion for p.i. enthusiasts." —Kirkus Reviews "Local color aside, Aim for the Heart is a quick, fun read spiced with lust. The hero Chris Klick is a likable character with an appealing narrative voice. The second book lacks the romance of Dead Aim, however. When we first met Klick, mystery and crime played a close second to a developing relationship with a heartthrob named Nicole. But what Aim for the Heart lacks in libido, it makes up for in mayhem." —Susan Bailey  |
                                  
  
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