Cut Me In
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3.5 • 17 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
When a Man’s Partner is Killed,
He’s Supposed to Do Something About It.
Maybe no one liked Del Gilbert a whole lot, not the men he ruthlessly did business with, not the women who discovered his other lovers, not even his partner in the Gilbert and Blake literary agency – me. But when I found him shot to death on the floor of his office, I had no choice. I had to track down the person responsible. And not just to lay Del to rest, either. Next to his body, the office safe was wide open, and a contract worth millions was missing...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wheeling-and-dealing in a Manhattan literary agency drives this reissue, an ultrasmooth 1954 crime novel from Salvatore Lombino (1926 2005), better known today by two of his pen names, Evan Hunter (The Blackboard Jungle) and Ed McBain (Cop Hater and many other 87th Precinct novels). The firm of Gilbert and Blake wants to cut in on movie money being dangled in front of a client, but one of the firm's partners, Del Gilbert, lies shot dead on his office floor "three holes had very carelessly been left in his face." It's up to the firm's other partner, fiction-peddler Josh Blake, to juggle the deal, sweat through the sweltering summer heat while finding corpses faster than the cops, and mix it up with a few even hotter babes. Originally published under the pseudonym Hunt Collins, this period classic features a great whodunit clue. Rounding out the package is "Now Die in It," a McBain story that's been lost for more than half a century.
Customer Reviews
A good read
McBain tells a good story. Love the dialogue. He transports you back to the 50s with this hard hitting thriller
Cut me in
Don't waste your money or time. I was a big fan of McBaine so bought this book....terrible, reads like it was written by a child..