Head Wounds, Chris Knopf
Head Wounds, Chris Knopf
List: $19.95 | Sale: $13.97
Club: $9.97

Head Wounds
A Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery

Author: Chris Knopf

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/05/2008

Synopsis

Peel back the glamour of the fabled Hamptons and you'll find a beautiful place filled with ugly secrets. This is Sam Acquillo's world. Moving effortlessly across the social divide with wry pal Jackie Swaitkowski and rich guy Burton Lewis, the exboxer, excorporate infighter seems doomed to straddle the thin red line between envy and love, hate and forgiveness, goodness and greedand sometimes, life and death. Parttime carpenter, fulltime drinker and coconspirator with an existential mutt named Eddie Van Halen, Sam tries to lead the simple life. But as always, fate intervenes, this time in the form of Robbie Milhouser, a local builder and blundering bully who shares with Sam an irresistible attraction to the beautiful Amanda. When Robbie is murdered, Sam finds himself in the crosshairs of a very determined chief of police.

About Chris Knopf

Chris Knopf’s mystery novels have received exceptional awards and accolades, with critics likening his character Sam Aquillo to Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade, Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, and Robert B. Parker’s Spenser, while repeatedly comparing Knopf’s work to that of Elmore Leonard, John D. MacDonald, and Ross Macdonald. Two Time was one of thirteen mysteries listed as recommended summer reading in the New York Times Book Review, and Publishers Weekly chose it as one of the “Best 100 Books for 2006.” Head Wounds won the 2008 Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Mystery. Dead Anyway was listed on the 2012 Best Fiction lists of both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Knopf is a sailor, cabinetmaker, and advertising executive in Connecticut. He and his wife Mary also spend considerable time at their Long Island home in Southampton.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Myrna

Knopf is consistent in his writing. It was entertaining; I will look for the next in the series.......more

Goodreads review by Rita

While I read this book, I found myself so twisted and confused. There were clever and interesting thoughts. Banter was quick and humorous. I was disappointed in that I thought it would be more clear. The plot was muddied and I didn't know what to think. Sam doesn't know his own feelings much less ot......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List