| Title: |
Drop Dead (#5 in the Paul Turner series) |
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| Author: |
Mark Richard Zubro |
| Published by: |
St. Martin's Press, 1999 |
| ISBN: |
0-312-20532-5 [hardcover, 245 pages] |
Gay Chicago police detective Paul Turner and his partner,
Detective Buck Fenwick, pull all the sensitive homicide cases -- the ones
with political ramifications or intense media coverage, where careful handling
and a quick resolution is required. All his years on the force, however,
haven't prepared Turner for what he faces when male super model Cullom
Furyk plunges off the top of a major downtown hotel.
With one streetside witness claiming that Furyk was pushed to his death,
Turner and Fenwick have to reconstruct the crime and discover what actually
happened, while the press hounds them for results. But Furyk led a messy
personal and professional life. Some say he was preparing to cancel his
lucrative exclusive arrangement with one Chicago fashion house to work
with its main rival, while others insist that wasn't true. And on the personal
side, several men claim to have had recent affairs or to have maintained
an ongoing relationship with Furyk. All that Turner knows for sure is that
someone -- probably -- murdered the model and the city is filled with people
who had ample motive and opportunity. And if Turner and Fenwick don't solve
this case -- and quickly -- then someone will have gotten away with murder.
