209 pages
To An Aesthete Dying Young
JACK SAVAGE, DETECTIVE –– AS
SOFT-BOILED AS THEY COME.
Roger Collier is a failed poet, failed painter,
and failing sculptor. But that’s not the worst
of his troubles...When he’s found dead in his Pebble Beach home
—dispatched by a well-played five-iron—the police
say the killer is a pretty blonde model. Jack Savage
is convinced that it was one of four critics who wrote
blistering reviews of Collier’s work, and then
discovered new levels of hell when he repaid
them with “getting even” tactics.As he pursues his hunch, Jack finds himself victimized
by a psychotic stalker who subjects him to the same tactics,
then kidnaps his unruly dog.The trouble is, all four of the critics have iron-clad alibis,
and Jack is not so sure he wants the dog back...