King Maybe, Timothy Hallinan
King Maybe, Timothy Hallinan
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King Maybe
A Junior Bender Mystery

Author: Timothy Hallinan

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 10 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2016

Synopsis

Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender is in the middle of burgling a house and has just gotten his hands on one of the world’s rarest stamps when the job goes terrifically wrong. After barely escaping, Junior realizes the danger is far from over. He’s gotten himself on the wrong side of a man whose name is synonymous with violence, and to save his own skin he’s set off a chain reaction of blackmail, strong-arming, and escalating crime. To pay off his underworld debts, Junior is forced to break into the house of the most powerful man in Hollywood, the shadowy, widely feared studio mogul known as King Maybe. It’s an impossible break-in, and to get out of the house alive Junior will need to use everything he’s learned, plus a few skills he knows he doesn’t possess.

About Timothy Hallinan

Timothy Hallinan is the Edgar and Macavity Award–nominated author of over a dozen widely praised books, including the Poke Rafferty Bangkok thrillers and the Junior Bender series. In 2010 he conceived and edited an e-book of original short stories by twenty mystery writers, Shaken: Stories for Japan, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Japanese disaster relief.

About Peter Berkrot

Peter Berkrot, a forty-year veteran of stage and screen, has voiced over 450 audiobook titles, winning Earphones Awards, a 2012 Audie Award nomination, and a 2016 Audie Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carl on May 25, 2016

A large, sprawling text. By turns, funny, intriguing, self-indulgent, long, meandering, plot-centric but character driven. The story is clever and overloaded with odd, interesting and often out-of control characters. As such, the book provides an interesting if skewed insider look at Hollywood and......more

Goodreads review by Kay on May 06, 2016

Timothy Hallinan is a master storyteller, and I particularly like his Junior Bender series. There are breathtakingly wonderful passages in this book, mostly insights into human emotions and the ways of the world. I love this series! By the way, the returning characters are unusual. I don't know how......more

Goodreads review by Ted on April 11, 2016

Timothy Hallinan – King Maybe: Book Review Here's a challenge for you: Read the first two pages of King Maybe and try to stop. It simply can't be done with this absorbing comic thriller any more than it can with almost any other book in the two series Hallinan is currently writing. King Maybe (Soho C......more

Goodreads review by Carol on April 16, 2016

Oh so luscious! Funny, clever, touching -- the whole nine lovely yards!......more

Goodreads review by John on June 29, 2019

Some days you just need a little Junior Bender in your life. Or maybe a lot. I read this as an ebook, and had a hard time putting it down. It was great fun spending time again with Junior and his colorful band of friends, foes and significant others. I think this is my 4th to 5th book I've read in t......more

Quotes

“The tricky plot is plenty funny and packed with colorful characters.” New York Times Book Review

“The curlicuing plot is itself the source of much of the appeal here, which is not to shortchange either the ever-quirky cast of bent but delightful characters or Hallinan’s dazzling style…Are there too many lovable crooks in contemporary crime fiction? Well, maybe, but one thing’s for sure: they’re all chasing Junior.” Booklist (starred review)

“Junior Bender is in another fix. Barely escaping with his life after stealing one of the world’s rarest stamps, he is on the lam from a very violent man, owner of said stamp…Twists and turns abound as Junior slips and ducks incoming blows. A rare man of integrity in a world of tinsel and dust, Junior may steal for a living, but he has scruples and will do anything to protect his loved ones. Fans of fast-paced thrillers with a lot of heart will enjoy this series.” Library Journal (starred review)

“In Edgar-finalist Hallinan’s darkly comic fifth Junior Bender mystery, the endearing Los Angeles burglar is faced with his biggest existential crisis yet…Powered by Hallinan’s smart and sardonic narrative voice (a young actress is described as an ‘emaciated, Giacometti sculpture of tendons, tension, and teeth’), this brisk romp through the Hollywood Hills reads like a novel half its length: an undeniable page-turner.” Publishers Weekly

“Junior’s sixth sense keeps warning him that he’s being set up, and it’s on the money every single time. Fans…will eat up his adventures among Hollywood types whose moral senses are even more primitive than his.” Kirkus Reviews

“Reader Peter Berkrot’s voice has a soft, tough intelligence that fits narrator Junior’s personality to a T.” Mystery Scene

Awards

  • Booklist Top 10
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