Hanging the Devil, Tim Maleeny
Hanging the Devil, Tim Maleeny
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Hanging the Devil

Author: Tim Maleeny

Series: Cape Weathers Mysteries

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Unabridged: 12 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/30/2025


Synopsis

It was supposed to be a simple job: steal the paintings, leave the forgeries . . .

When a helicopter crashes through the skylight of the Asian Art Museum, an audacious heist turns into a tragedy. The only witness to the crash is eleven-year-old Grace, who watches in horror as her uncle is killed and a priceless statue stolen by two men and a―ghost? At least that's how the eerie, smoke-like figure with parchment skin and floating hair appears to Grace. Scared almost to death, she flees into the night and seeks refuge in the back alleys of San Francisco's Chinatown.

Grace is found by Sally Mei, self-appointed guardian of Chinatown. While Sally trains Grace in basic survival skills, her erstwhile partner Cape Weathers, private detective and public nuisance, searches for the mysterious crew behind the robbery before they strike the museum a second time. As the clock winds down, Cape enlists aid from some unlikely allies to lay a trap for a ghost who has no intention of being caught―nor of leaving any witnesses alive to tell the tale.

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 PamG on October 24, 2023

Crime, art, unique characters, humor, and action combine to bring readers a great read in the fifth book in Tim Maleeny’s Cape Weathers Mysteries series. A simple theft of four of the museum’s paintings was supposed to be an easy job. The thieves have flawless forgeries to leave in their place. Howe......more

Goodreads review by Emily on November 02, 2023

A fast paced art heist thriller. Snarky, bursting with energy, and paying homage to the cut throat world of priceless art, Hanging the Devil is reality defying fight that delivers action from beginning to end. Combining humor with its thrills, this novel would translate well to a screen adaptation,......more

Goodreads review by Louise on June 30, 2023

Since the first book in this series, Stealing the Dragon, Cape Weathers has grown as a protagonist and I now find myself fully invested in all they do. This book is another page turner, with plenty of action and snappy dialogue to keep you engaged. This author does something special with these books......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on November 23, 2023

After Grace watches her uncle get murdered by what looks to her like a ghost she fleas the museum where he worked then runs into Sally May after Sally informs Kate of the circumstances of finding her new charge. 11-year-old Grace has 1 million questions but so does sally she will teach the girls sur......more

Goodreads review by Carole on November 14, 2023

Someone is stealing priceless Chinese art from museums around the world….can a well-meaning PI stop their next heist? Grace, an eleven year old Chinese girl recently arrived in San Francisco, is spending the night in the Asian Art Museum with her uncle who is a guard there. Her parents and she were c......more