The Tower of Songs
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Embracing an improbable stretch of sobriety, unlicensed P.I. Duck Darley has proven himself stronger than the temptations that loom in the shadows of New York City. But the familiar pull of self-destruction lingers like garbage in July when Layla Soto, a sharp-tongued Park Avenue teenager with a family as screwed up as his own, presents a twisted missing-persons case he can’t refuse . . .
Layla saw video evidence of her billionaire father being abducted from their home—at the top of the tallest residential tower on earth. She suspects her grandmother, a Chinese social climber on husband number three, orchestrated the act to silence her only son. Duck agrees to investigate the hedge funder’s disappearance, if only for the rush of a new thrill—and an excuse to reconcile with Cass Kimball, his leather-clad sometime partner who nearly got him killed . . .
As the unlikely duo become immersed in a high-stakes ransom linked to the international drug trade and the delicate relations between the two most powerful nations on earth, survival means trusting no one. Because when confronting absolute power, certain forces will stop at nothing to bury the truth.
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In Barrett's suspenseful, if heavy-handed, third novel featuring former competitive swimmer turned unlicensed PI Duck Darley (after 2018's Against Nature), streetwise 17-year-old Layla Soto asks Duck to locate her billionaire father, Danny Soto, whose abduction from their high-rise Manhattan apartment building was caught on surveillance cameras. Duck is ready to dive back into work after a six-week-long alcohol and coke fueled bender, and the bag of cash that Layla offers is a big motivator, as is the prospect of partnering with his former dominatrix friend, Cass Kimball. Layla thinks that her dad's mother, Eileen Chung, was involved, and the stakes are made crystal clear when Duck is poisoned and barely pulls through a weeklong coma to find himself hounded by aggressive federal agents. A surprise offer by Eileen changes the game. Duck narrates with a voice right out of classic hardboiled noir, complete with existential ruminations on his self-destructive nature. Though accessible to new readers, this outing will mostly appeal to series fans, particularly those who value the journey over the destination.
