Maggie Estep. (2010). Flamethrower: A Mystery. Crown.

Maggie Estep. 2010. Flamethrower: A Mystery. Crown.

Maggie Estep, Flamethrower: A Mystery. Crown, 2010.

Maggie Estep. Flamethrower: A Mystery. Crown, 2010.

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   • bioText: Maggie Estep is the author of five works of fiction: Diary of an Emotional Idiot, Soft Maniacs, Love Dance of the Mechanical Animals, Hex, and Gargantuan. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her website at maggieestep.com.
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In the newest Ruby Murphy mystery, New York’s inadvertent sleuth discovers more about her shrink than she could have ever imagined as the doctor turns the tables, enlisting her help in the hunt for a one-legged man who’s been kidnapped and hidden in the Rockaways. Life gets even stranger when Ruby is inexplicably fired from her job at the Coney Island Museum, her friend Violet’s best racehorse is suddenly put up for sale, and a blue Honda begins shadowing Ruby’s every move as she journeys into the wilds of Pennsylvania in search of the woman she always thought had all the answers.
Between her apartment that is spitting distance from the Cyclone rollercoaster, the barn deep in a no-man’s-land where she stables her horse, and the racetrack that is consuming her boyfriend, Ruby already knows her share of eccentric New York misfits. But in Flamethrower, she may have finally met her dangerous match.

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   • content: "Maggie Estep is a writer of a thousand voices. . . . She can get into just about anyone's head, including the horses who are such strong, individualized characters in this series."
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   • source: Ken Bruen, author of The Dramatist
   • content: "[Estep's] vividly drawn characters and the wit of their interchanges . . . rip through the constraints of the [mystery] genre. I was blown away by the gale force of Estep's talent."
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   • source: Sara Gran, author of Dope and Come Closer
   • content: "This is a book that burns like brilliance at its zenith."
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   • source: Jason Starr, author of Lights Out
   • content: "Maggie Estep writes like no one else. She is one of my favorite writers, and Flamethrower might be her best book. Do yourself a favor and read all of her books now."
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   • source: S. J. Rozan, author of Absent Friends
   • content: "A tour de force of mystery fiction and a maniacally hilarious black comedy . . . Ruby Murphy is a terrifically flawed protagonist, operating one step ahead of disaster. . . . With Flamethrower, Estep is at the top of her game."
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     July 24, 2006
     When Ruby Murphy—Brooklyn resident, cat whisperer and mad-dash urban bicyclist—notices a human leg in her psychiatrist's fish tank in her third diverting sleuthing adventure (after 2004's Gargantuan
     ), the limb proves to belong to Tobias Ray, the estranged spouse of Dr. Jody Ray, Ruby's coolly professional therapist. Once over the shock, Jody begs Ruby to help hunt for Tobias, an apparent kidnapping victim. But just when Ruby finds the one-legged Tobias, Jody disappears. Meanwhile, Ruby is inexplicably fired from her job at the Coney Island Museum; her live-in boyfriend suddenly needs "space"; and her only loyal friend is Jack Valentine, her beloved horse. Though the plot meanders and takes a tortoise-and-hare nap occasionally, Estep's wry observations, razor-sharp wit and deliciously vivid characters will keep readers turning the pages.

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     September 25, 2006
     When Ruby Murphy\x97Brooklyn resident, cat whisperer and mad-dash urban bicyclist\x97notices a human leg in her psychiatrist's fish tank in her third diverting sleuthing adventure (after 2004'sGargantuan ), the limb proves to belong to Tobias Ray, the estranged spouse of Dr. Jody Ray, Ruby's coolly professional therapist. Once over the shock, Jody begs Ruby to help hunt for Tobias, an apparent kidnapping victim. But just when Ruby finds the one-legged Tobias, Jody disappears. Meanwhile, Ruby is inexplicably fired from her job at the Coney Island Museum; her live-in boyfriend suddenly needs "space"; and her only loyal friend is Jack Valentine, her beloved horse. Though the plot meanders and takes a tortoise-and-hare nap occasionally, Estep's wry observations, razor-sharp wit and deliciously vivid characters will keep readers turning the pages.

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     September 1, 2006
     A human leg found in her psychiatrist's fish tank sets Brooklyn sleuth Ruby Murphy on her third crime-solving adventure (after "Gargantuan"). Estep's upside-down plot twists and quirky, charming characters who cause mayhem will appeal to readers who like something different in their mysteries. Estep lives in New York City.

     Copyright 2006 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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Between her apartment that is spitting distance from the Cyclone rollercoaster, the barn deep in a no-man’s-land where she stables her horse, and the racetrack that is consuming her boyfriend, Ruby already knows her share of eccentric New York misfits. But in Flamethrower, she may have finally met her dangerous match.

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