The Fitzgerald Ruse, Mark de Castrique
The Fitzgerald Ruse, Mark de Castrique
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The Fitzgerald Ruse
A Sam Blackman Mystery

Author: Mark de Castrique

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2009

Synopsis

Former chief warrant officer and amputee Sam Blackman and his partner, Nakayla Robertson, are opening a detective agency. They have high hopes that the thriving Mountain Region will provide a steady stream of cases. Their first client, a quirky elderly woman in a retirement community, makes a strange request: she wants Sam to right a wrong she committed over seventy years ago. Her victim? F. Scott Fitzgerald. Her crime? Stealing a manuscript when Fitzgerald resided in the stately Grove Park Inn. Sams task seems simple enough: retrieve the womans lockbox and deliver the manuscript to Fitzgeralds heirs.

About Mark De Castrique

Mark de Castrique is the author of the Sam Blackman series as well as several other novels and series. He's a veteran of the television- and film-production industry, has served as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte teaching The American Mystery, and is a frequent speaker and workshop leader. He and his wife, Linda, live in North Carolina, where he grew up and has set many of his novels. For more information, visit MarkDeCastrique.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivonne on October 30, 2024

Author Thomas Wolfe played a central role in the debut to Mark de Castrique’s excellent series featuring one-legged veteran Sam Blackman. This time, it’s F. Scott Fitzgerald, who spent time in Asheville, N.C., in 1935. De Castrique definitely does not suffer a sophomore slump in The Fitzgerald Ruse.......more

Goodreads review by Jim on January 03, 2020

Another good entry in the series. Very well narrated, easy to follow & full of interesting tidbits about Ashville, NC history & authors. The first book used Thomas Wolfe as the linchpin. This one uses F. Scott Fitzgerald. It doesn't go into detail about the author, but there are some interesting gli......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on March 20, 2023

This one took me a touch longer than the first one because it almost shifts fully into an action mystery instead of a whodunnit. It’s ok, the first is stronger, and some of the dialogue here is groan worthy too but ah well.......more

Goodreads review by Kellene on June 26, 2020

I really do enjoy this series, although cozy it is not. I love the Asheville setting, being able to know exactly where things are going on. This story was rather convoluted, but a good mystery.......more

Goodreads review by Beth on December 05, 2024

Interesting sequel. Love the regional setting. Already downloaded the next book.......more

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