Beating the Babushka, Tim Maleeny
Beating the Babushka, Tim Maleeny
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Beating the Babushka
A Cape Weathers Investigation

Author: Tim Maleeny

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/11/2011

Synopsis

San Francisco has never looked so dangerous.A movie producer hurtles to his death from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, an apparent suicide that shocks the film community and jeopardizes a $200 million production. The victims colleague, Grace, doesnt believe it was suicide and turns to private detective Cape Weathers to find the truth. To solve the case, Cape and his friend Sally, an assassin raised by the Triads, take on the Russian mob, a major movie studio, and a recalcitrant police department by enlisting the help of rogue cops, computer hackers, and an investigative journalist who just doesnt give a damn. But with a sniper on their trail, the challenge will be staying alive long enough to find out the truth. A Poisoned Pen Press Mystery

About Tim Maleeny

Tim Maleeny is the award-winning author of Greasing the Piñata. His short fiction won the 2007 Macavity Award and appears in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Death Do Us Part, an anthology edited by Harlan Coben. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia University, he currently lives in San Francisco.

Reviews

Goodreads review by K on June 15, 2016

This is the second of Tim Maleeny's novels that I've read, and now I recall why I placed it on my "to-read" list. An entertaining, sarcastic, resourceful protagonist who, when needed, has a female ninja-trained friend watching his back. He deals with Russian bad guys, has sources all over the place,......more

Goodreads review by Karen on April 10, 2020

I enjoyed this mystery set in San Francisco and New York. It starts with the death of a movie producer, who is falling from the Golden Gate Bridge. One wonders what thoughts and ideas go through your mind at that time. We witness Tom's thoughts, but I am not sure we ever find out who is responsible f......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 29, 2008

awesome book. i love his work.......more

Goodreads review by Eugene on July 30, 2011

Not as good as Stealing the Dragon but still a fun read.......more

Goodreads review by Betty on August 23, 2008

First book of two about Cape Weathers. Incorporates the Russian Mob, Chinese Tong, and the Mafia. Fast paced with interesting characters.......more

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