Runaway Man

Publisher Marketing: Benji Golden works in his family s struggling mom-and-pop business above a twenty-four-hour diner on Broadway and 103rd Street. Golden Legal Services, a private detective agency, was started by Benji s hero-cop father. The business is now run by Benji s mother, who used to be the only Jewish pole dancer in New York City, and is staffed by Lovely Rita, an eye-popping computer wizard and a former lap dancer. Baby-faced Benji who is exactly one-quarter-inch shy of five foot six, weighs a buck thirty-seven, and answers to the nickname Bunny specializes in tracking down teen runaways. One day, when a lawyer in fancy shoes arrives from Park Avenue s classiest law firm offering a job and lots of money, Benji and his mother can t say no. Bruce Weiner is a senior at prestigious Canterbury College. A client of the firm has bestowed a considerable inheritance on Bruce, but Bruce has gone missing, and it s up to Benji to find him. One murder later, Benji finds himself on a dangerous investigation that will take him to the highly secretive core of the most powerful city on earth. "Runaway Man" delivers all that a David Handler novel promises: smart humor, a thrilling and sexy story, and characters you won t soon forget." Review Citations: Booklist 07/01/2013 pg. 40 (EAN 9781250020475, Open Ebook) Publishers Weekly 05/06/2013 (EAN 9781250011626, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2013 (EAN 9781250011626, Hardcover) Booklist 07/01/2013 pg. 40 (EAN 9781250011626, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 08/27/2013 (EAN 9781250011626, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Handler, David David Handler has written eight novels featuring the mismatched crime-fighting duo of Mitch Berger and Des Mitry. His first, The Cold Blue Blood, was a Dilys Award finalist and BookSense Top Ten pick. He is also the author of eight novels about the witty and dapper celebrity ghostwriter Stewart Hoag and his faithful, neurotic basset hound, Lulu, including the Edgar- and American Mystery Award--winning The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald. David lives in a two-hundred-year-old carriage house in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Contributor Bio:  Berkrot, Peter A veteran of stage and screen, Peter Berkrot's career spans four decades, and his voice can be heard on television, radio, video games, and documentaries. He has been nominated for an Audie Award and has received a number of "AudioFile" Earphones Awards and starred reviews.