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1y
A Deadly Business
Carlton North
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Scribe
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2008
Z1455906
2008
single work
novel
crime
detective
mystery
'Jack Susko is trying for a quiet life in his second-hand bookshop - no cares apart from an almost complete lack of income; no responsibility for anyone apart from his cat. But an unusual request from a mysterious customer plunges Jack into a world that he thought he'd left behind ... And as the bodies start piling up, he can't help but wonder just when second-hand book dealing became so dangerous. Not that he's necessarily complaining when the danger is accompanied by a curvaceous brunette...' (Publisher's blurb)
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2y
The Black Russian : A Jack Susko Mystery
Carlton North
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Scribe
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2010
Z1651219
2010
single work
novel
crime
detective
mystery
'After yet another slow week at the cash register, that fine purveyor of second-hand literature, Susko Books, is facing financial ruin. Jack Susko sets off to a gallery in Woollahra to scrape up some coin with the sale of an old art catalogue. With his usual panache and exquisite timing, he arrives just as De Groot Galleries is being done over by masked thieves. Along with a mysterious object from the safe, the robbers seize a valuable first edition from Jack's bag, too.
'When the owner of the gallery doesn't want to call the cops, Jack is offered a sizeable sum to keep silent: but when de Groot arrives at the bookshop with his heavy to renege on the deal, all bets are off. With an ease that almost constitutes a gift, Jack Susko finds himself at the centre of a world full of duplicity, lies and art theft.' (From the publisher's website.)
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3y
De Luxe : A Jack Susko Mystery
Melbourne
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Scribe
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2011
Z1795214
2011
single work
novel
crime
detective
mystery
'For once, Jack Susko is feeling pretty good: his secondhand bookshop is on the up, and the cops haven't been around in ages. Even his cat, Lois, is being nice to him.
'Then one morning a beautiful woman knocks on Jack's door and hands him an eviction notice. His former boss, a corrupt property developer, asks for help with a particular situation and won't take no for an answer. Throw in an ex-lover, her jealous boyfriend, half‑a‑dozen Playboy bunnies, a Nazi Luger and, of course, the police, and it's safe to say that Jack's favourable winds are quickly turning a little rough.
'In his most thrilling and riotous adventure yet, De Luxe finds Jack Susko with all the odds against him ... and nothing but bad cards to play.' (From the publisher's website.)
