King Maybe

In Timothy Hallinan's fifth Junior Bender mystery, the Los Angeles burglar is having a run of bad luck. "If--as some ironic people used to say as they flashed air quotes--life was a box of chocolates, someone had sat on the box." First, two goons trap Junior during a burglary, determined that he won't make it out of the house alive.

Some fancy footwork and quick thinking help him evade the goons, but more trouble is waiting for Junior once he's in the clear. Hollywood has-been producer Jake Whelan harbors a beef with Junior. In order to set matters straight, he demands Junior break into the office of King Maybe, the studio exec who makes or breaks people in Tinseltown. But when the seemingly easy job is turned on its head, King Maybe might just break Junior.

To top it off, Junior's daughter has boy trouble and he's on the outs with his girlfriend, Ronnie. Part burglar, part cupid, Junior will have to up his game if he has any hope of making it through the week alive.

Timothy Hallinan (The Fame Thief) is a gifted writer with a knack for blending vivid settings, exciting plots, dynamic characters and clever humor to create captivatingly complex stories. From a lively description of a low-rent hotel room to the insightful development of Junior and Ronnie's relationship, King Maybe is distinctive and refreshingly original. It would probably be fitting to crown Hallinan the caper king. --Jen Forbus of Jen's Book Thoughts

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