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Title details for Hard Stop by Chris Knopf - Available

Hard Stop

A Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery

#4 in series

by Chris Knopf
Richard Ferrone
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Sam Acquillo is getting to be a lot more sociable. People are constantly dropping by, including guys in black outfits with .45 automatics breaking into his cottage in the middle of the night.

Though on doctor's orders to stay clear of violence and mayhem, Sam does what's needed to encourage a candid conversation with the home invader, with surprising results. It seems a person important to the private life of a very important person has gone missing in the Hamptons. And it looks like the best way to get her back is to extort the cooperation of Sam Acquillo.

Suddenly, Sam's past reaches out to pull him back into the world of big money and even bigger egos, where the term "corporate intrigue" is redundant and ambition the only virtue. But this time, there's some added incentive: an opportunity to get a piece of his old life back, the only piece Sam might actually want.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Sam Acquillo Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 1, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481583916
      • File size: 261924 KB
      • Duration: 09:05:40

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 2, 2009
      Sam Acquillo, who left his job as head of the Technical Services and Support Division of Con Globe for the humdrum life of a skilled carpenter in the Hamptons, is still a magnet for trouble in Knopf’s rewarding fourth mystery (after 2008’s Head Wounds
      ). George Donovan, Con Globe’s chairman of the board, tries a carrot and stick approach to get Acquillo to find his missing girlfriend, Iku Kinjo, a “brilliant and compelling” consultant. Half of that ploy works, and Acquillo is drawn back into the deadly machinations of corporate intrigue, where the payoff may be wealth or death. Knopf blends familiar elements (cop ally; cop nemesis; bad ex-wife; beautiful, independent girlfriend) in unusually pleasing fashion and adds plenty of original touches as well. Aside from his surprising computer illiteracy, Acquillo is a savvy operator who loves problem solving and has the tenacity of a pit bull. His penchant for intriguing predicaments bodes well for a long and successful series.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Fans of Knopf's Sam Aquillo series will not be disappointed by this compelling thriller in which their hero is drawn back into the secretive world of Con Globe by company head George Donovan. While Aquillo believes his responsibility lies in locating Donovan's missing lover, there's (naturally) more than meets the eye to this particular assignment. Narrator Richard Ferrone reins in his powerful voice to deliver a modestly restrained reading that captures Aquillo's yearning for the simple life he has left behind. Ferrone masters his emotions, knowing when to break out in a blind rage and when to quietly allow Aquillo's inner demons to haunt his soul. L.B. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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