Blackmail, sexual harassment, murder . . . and a missing dog: eccentric, eco-obsessed LA private eye Charlie Waldo is on the case in this quirky, fast-paced mystery. Paying a harsh self-imposed penance for a terrible misstep on a case, former LAPD superstar detective Charlie Waldo lives a life of punishing minimalism deep within the woods, making a near religion of his commitment to owning no more than One Hundred Things. At least, he's trying to. His PI girlfriend Lorena keeps drawing him back to civilization - even though every time he compromises on his principles, something goes wrong. And unfortunately for Waldo, all roads lead straight back to LA. When old adversary Don Q strongarms him into investigating the seemingly mundane death of a vagrant, Lorena agrees he can work under her PI license on one condition: he help with a high-maintenance celebrity client, wildly popular courtroom TV star Judge Ida Mudge, whose new mega-deal makes her a perfect target for blackmail. Reopening the coldest of cases, a decades-old fraternity death, Waldo begins to wonder if the judge is, in fact, a murderer - and if he'll stay alive long enough to find out. Pay or Play is the third in the Charlie Waldo series, following Last Looks and Below the Line. Last Looks was turned into a major motion picture, starring Charlie Hunnam as the offbeat private investigator.
Howard Michael Gould Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
Howard Michael Gould ist ein gefeierter Drehbuchautor und Dramatiker, der auch als leitender Autor und ausführender Produzent für zahlreiche Fernsehserien tätig war. Er ist Autor von Kriminalromanen mit einem gequälten, öko-manischen Detektiv. Seine Arbeit ist bekannt für ihre scharfen Einblicke in die Charaktere und fesselnden Handlungsstränge, die die Leser in die Komplexität der menschlichen Psyche und gesellschaftlicher Themen eintauchen lassen.
