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The Painted Gun

door Bradley Spinelli

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It's 1997 at the dawn of the digital age in San Francisco. Ex-journalist and struggling alcoholic David 'Itchy' Crane's fledgling 'information consultancy' business is getting slowly buried by bad luck, bad decisions, and the growing presence of the Internet. Before Itchy can completely self-destruct, a crooked private investigator offers him 50 grand to find a missing girl named Ashley. Crane takes the job because the money's right and because the only clue to her disappearance is a dead-on oil portrait of Crane himself painted by the mysterious missing girl - whom he has never met.… (meer)

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I enjoyed this book. The premise is a P.I. gets involved in a missing person case but it winds up he is the one trying not to get killed. Everyone who interacts with the main character winds up dead and he has to figure out why. It kept me interested to see what would happen next. By the way I really did not care for the history of Guatemala (skimmed through that section). I felt that was not needed in the storyline. I did not guess the ending and was pleasantly surprised. (

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booklover3258 | Sep 5, 2017 |

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I've come to associate Akashic Books (the publisher) with solidly decent Noir, and with The Painted Gun, their track record continues. Bradley Spinelli takes a genre that has been arguably beat to death and infuses new life into it--first, by setting his tale in a somewhat disused time period for detective fiction (the early 90's). Second, by throwing a neat hook at the reader from the get-go (see the book's accompanying back-cover blurb to see what I mean). He adheres to most of the tried and true tropes of the genre while still projecting a voice all his own. Altogether a great read. (

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WillyMammoth | Jul 19, 2017 |

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I cannot recommend this book enough. A fantastic hard-boiled story taking place in San Francisco in the late 90s. We have an engaging narrator, (an information broker whose journalist career was ruined and his current business is threatened by the internet), a intriguing plot (a missing persons case that involves portraits of our narrator), and a driving plot with plenty of action along the way. Lots of surprises throughout. I look forward for more from Bradley Spinelli. (

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smcgurr | Mar 19, 2017 |

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I wasn't sure what to expect of this, but I grew to enjoy spending time with Itchy. I'm hoping we shall see more of him in the future! I was afraid it would be too old school crime for me (Chandler era) but surprisingly it was very well written and kept me reading, definitely recommend reading this! (

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Loisthelion | Mar 8, 2017 |

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An ex-journalist, David "Itchy" Crane, receives a call from a LA investigator, McCaffrey to investigate a missing person case of a profile painter Ashley. To enhance Itchy's interest take this case, he advances Itchy a $25.000, with not much information to go on, other than her name and the paintings of himself painted by Ashley. As his investigation takes off, individuals related to his investigation start showing up murdered. Will Itchy ever find Ashley before something happens to him too? (

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It's 1997 at the dawn of the digital age in San Francisco. Ex-journalist and struggling alcoholic David 'Itchy' Crane's fledgling 'information consultancy' business is getting slowly buried by bad luck, bad decisions, and the growing presence of the Internet. Before Itchy can completely self-destruct, a crooked private investigator offers him 50 grand to find a missing girl named Ashley. Crane takes the job because the money's right and because the only clue to her disappearance is a dead-on oil portrait of Crane himself painted by the mysterious missing girl - whom he has never met.

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