Mainely Angst - Cost, Matt

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Résumé :
Langdon is muddling his way through the pandemic like everybody else. Business restrictions have dealt a blow to his mystery bookstore, and nobody leaves the house anymore to get into trouble and create a need for a PI. At the same time, his marriage is stronger than ever, and he's had a chance to catch up on things around the house. Then it all changes. The bookstore opens back up, and he gets hired to find a missing woman, find proof of sexual harassment against another local business owner, and track down a kidnapped boy before he is executed by a madman in a desperate bid to force the state to ease masking restrictions. Somebody stole my wife, the man said. Did Annika Morin leave her husband... or was she taken? I was sexually harass' by my boss and then fire' when I refused his advances. Raven's dark eyes flashed a promise of anger and vengeance. Local brew pub owner Rick Strong is accused of sexual harassment, which seems likely, but is he guilty of much more? Or is it entirely fabricated? Where is my boy? Jill asked, her words anguished. And then the boy is abducted, and the kidnapper attempts to hold the entire state hostage. If the governor refuses their demands, the kidnapper promises to execute the child on Halloween. With the help of his wife, Chabal, and his friends Bart the bad-tempered cop, 4 by Four the playboy lawyer, Richam and Jewell, and Star, his bookstore employee, Langdon is in a race against time to find the missing wife, obtain proof against an unlikeable business owner, and track down a kidnapped boy before it is too late......

Biographie:
Matt Cost is the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of the Mainely Mystery series. The first book, Mainely Power, was selected as the Maine Humanities Council Read ME Fiction Book of 2020. This was followed by Mainely Fear, Mainely Money, Mainely Angst, and now Mainely Wicked. His Clay Wolfe/Port Essex Mysteries include Wolfe Trap, Mind Trap, Mouse Trap, and Cosmic Trap, with Pirate Trap, publishing in March of 2024, being the fifth in this series. I Am Cuba: Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution was his first traditionally published novel. He had another historical released in August of 2021, Love in a Time of Hate, and in August 2022, Encircle re-released his originally self-published novel, At Every Hazard: Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War. Cost's love of histories and mysteries is combined in the novel, Velma Gone Awry, book one in his new series featuring private eye, 8 Ballo, set in 1920's Brooklyn. Cost lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. A chocolate Lab and a basset hound round out the mix. He now spends his days at the computer, writing.

Sommaire:
Matt Cost (aka Matthew Langdon Cost) is the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of six books in the Mainely Mystery series. The first book, Mainely Power, was selected as the Maine Humanities Council Read ME Fiction Book of 2020. He is also the author of the Clay Wolfe/Port Essex Mysteries, beginning with Wolfe Trap. The latest, Glow Trap, will be published by Encircle in August 2025. I Am Cuba was his first traditionally published novel. His other historical fiction novels are Love in a Time of Hate (August 2021), and At Every Hazard (August 2022). His love of histories and mysteries is combined in his 1920's Brooklyn 8 Ballo Mystery series, which begins with Velma Gone Awry (April 2023) and continues in City Gone Askew (July 2024). For the latest news, follow Matt Cost-Author on Facebook, and on Instagram @mlangdoncost....