Blondes Are My Trouble

A blindingly blonde woman walks into private detective Mike Garfin's downtown Montreal office, complaining that she's being followed by a man. That evening, at a luxurious Lakeshore home, he witnesses another woman being forced into a car. Garfin gives chase, only to find her dead and disfigured beneath the wheels of a large truck on Highway 20. At first he sees no connection between the two- but Garfin's pursuit of the truth shows they are inextricably linked by vice on the highest floors of the swankiest Sherbrooke Street apartments.

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The study of Montreal as a specific location in French and English writings has long been subordinated to the demands of linguistically divided and politically contentious narratives about national development. In this cross-linguistic study, Patrick Coleman models an inclusive and post-national literary history of the city itself. Tracing a sequence of moments in the emergence of the Montreal novel from World War II to the turbulent 1960s, Equivocal City offers close readings of fourteen key works of fiction, focusing on the inner dynamic of their construction as well as the unexpected convergences and contrasts in the narrative structures they adopt and the aesthetic perspective they seek to achieve. Critically sophisticated but accessibly written, this book gives a sympathetic account of how writers in both languages struggled to give integrated artistic expression to their experience of a city that was still linguistically compartmentalized and culturally insecure. By analyzing the interplay between story and narrative form, the book explores what French and English novelists could – and could not – imagine about the Montreal they sought to portray. From the responsible realism of Hugh MacLennan and Gabrielle Roy to the fractious phantasmagorias of Jacques Ferron and Leonard Cohen, Equivocal City traces the evolution of the Montreal novel with the aim of retrieving a shareable literary past.

Axis Stone, a tough Aussie private investigator, takes on a high-stakes case in Manila, the crime capital of the Philippines. Hired to find a kidnapped lounge singer, he dives into a dangerous world of corruption, drug lords, and treacherous alliances. As Axis treads the shadowy paths of Manila's underbelly, he must confront his own weaknesses and navigate a city where life is cheap and danger lurks at every turn. In this gripping thriller, Axis races against time to rescue the captive and expose a criminal empire, but he may be in over his head. Brace yourself for a pulse-pounding adventure in "Suicide Blonde."

BONUS BOOK OF TWO OF KELLY CHANCES BOOKS:BLONDES AND OTHER DANGEROUS WOMEN! &REDHEADS...BAD AND BEAUTIFUL!THE MOST DANGEROUS OF ALL! IN EACH, KELLY CHANCE IS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR SAVING BLONDES AND REDHEADS FROM TROUBLE!HE IS THE POET, THE WHITE KNIGHT AND THE IRISH PRINCE! HE LIKES HIS CARS AND WOMEN FAST. WHEN BULLETS FLY, THESE ANGELS TAKE REFUGE IN HIS ARMS. AFTERWARDS,HE IS THE LONE WOLF, CHASING BAD GUYS AND SEEKING JUSTICE. HE IS THE ROMANTIC AND HERO WE ALL WANT TO BE! HIS PARTNER IS LINDA LOU, A BALLERINA, MARTIAL ARTS EXPERTS AND WITH AN AGENDA OF HER OWN! ENJOY THESE TWO STORIES. A FUN READ!

Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe returns in The Black-Eyed Blonde—also published as Marlowe as by John Banville—the basis for the major motion picture starring Liam Neeson as the iconic detective. "Somewhere Raymond Chandler is smiling . . . I loved this book. It was like having an old friend, one you assumed was dead, walk into the room." —Stephen King "It was one of those Tuesday afternoons in summer when you wonder if the earth has stopped revolving." The streets of Bay City, California, in the early 1950s are as mean as they get. Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and the private eye business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: blond, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover. Almost immediately, Marlowe discovers that the man's disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City's richest and most ruthless families—and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune. “It’s vintage L.A., toots: The hot summer, rain on the asphalt, the woman with the lipstick, cigarette ash and alienation, V8 coupes, tough guys, snub-nosed pistols, the ice melting in the bourbon . . . . The results are Chandleresque, sure, but you can see Banville’s sense of fun.” —The Washington Post