Bliss Jumps the Gun: A Lenny Bliss Mystery
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ISBN: 0393047504 / Publisher: Foul Play Pr, July 1999
When a young Off-Broadway actor is found murdered on stage and an unstable young Chinese girl makes off with his gun, Bliss must weed through a wealth of suspects, from the director to the dead man's wealthy parents
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Bliss's wife, Rachel, has a successful career as a stand-up comic (often using him for material), but for Bliss work is serious. A young off-Broadway actor has been found dead, on stage. Bliss's partner, Ward, is out of commission, reeling from having been shot by a druggie - and now an unstable young woman has disappeared with Bliss's gun.Bliss tries to track down Li-Jung while also investigating murder suspects. Why are the dead man's very rich parents acting strangely? What motives are the other members of the theater troupe hiding - the poetic Wolf, haunted by Vietnam memories, the director Katrina, with her obsessive videotaping; the seductive Constance, who harbors a secret and seems bent on distracting Bliss from his job?Meanwhile, Li-Jung, a walking time bomb of rage and loneliness, waits for the right moment to use her unexpected new power. When a nothing-to-lose ex-cop picks her up in his cab and sees a way to make some blackmail money, events come together quickly in a tense and satisfying conclusion.
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