Fiddle Game, Richard A Thompson
Fiddle Game, Richard A Thompson
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Fiddle Game

Author: Richard A Thompson

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2008

Synopsis

Herman Jackson has chosen St. Paul as his place of permanent exile from Detroit, where his former life as a bookie got too hot to hold. Now he leads a respectable life as a bail bondsman, while looking over his shoulder. When a young woman leaves him an antique violin as security for her brothers bail bond, its really the beginning of an elaborate con game. The game is barely underway when the young woman is murdered and, for reasons that make no sense, the police say Herman is the prime suspectthat is, unless he gives them the violin as evidence. Jackson cant afford to be a suspect even for jaywalking, but neither is he going to give in to extortion. Soon hes on the run, trying to solve the murder while pursued by cops and a band of Gypsies. Suddenly, life back in Detroit doesnt look so bad after all.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on January 08, 2014

Herman Jackson is a bail bondsman who get's mixed up in (view spoiler)[a gypsy con (hide spoiler)] . He figures it out, and finds the bad guy. I'm somewhat ambivalent to this book. It was interesting and I wanted to find out how it ended, but now that I have I feel kind of meh. Not that it was a bad ending, maybe I just didn't con......more

Goodreads review by Susan on December 21, 2021

This was my first Richard A. Thompson and it was interesting. The idea of a bail bondsman as the lead character was really interesting. Some of this book was brilliantly written. Some of it not so much. But, the brilliant parts definitely won. There's a scene describing a cinnamon bun that was so vi......more

Goodreads review by Maddy on May 29, 2010

RATING: 4.0 Although not a criminal himself, Herman Jackson's career has centered around professions that put him in touch with lots of doubtful characters. He was a bookie in Detroit, which he left under a cloud. Ever since, he's been living in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he has a bail bondsman busin......more

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