Street Fighter: A Mystery

by Bill Kent

Neville Shepherd Ladderback, the Philadelphia Press's "old, dusty" obituary writer, is researching accountant Paul Small, a city legend in all things dealing with money, who was beaten to death with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312328834
• ISBN13: 9780312328832
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

clever investigative mystery

In Philadelphia, Paulie Small is an accountant who knows how to move money around to get what the movers and shakers want done. He knows where all the bodies are buried as does his co-worker and lover Teal Cavaletta, who cares about the man and not his connections. One day while Paulie is outside Teal's home, he is beaten and dies at the hospital. Shep Ladderback, the obituary writer at the Philadelphia Press, wants to write an obit about Paulie, but he is met with a wall of silence. Junior reporter Andrea Cosicki tells Shep that Teal, the mother of her friend Lucia knows everything there is to know about Paulie. Before he can question her, someone beats her up and leaves her to die. While Andrea and Lucia try to find out who did this, Shep takes a different approach because he believes the murder and the beatings is linked to a fraudulent real estate venture. Their joint investigation ends in a conflagration of violence that sends two people to the hospital in critical condition and reveals the identity of the killer, a person who nobody would guess is the perpetrator. A bit slow moving at times, STREET FIGHTER is a clever investigative mystery featuring two journalists, one nearing the end of his career and the other just beginning hers. The steps they take to solve the crime and get the story is logical, believable and therefore very interesting. Bill Kent is a talented writer who focuses more on characterizations than action scenes. Harriet Klausner