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Männliche Hauptrolle
Bount Reiniger, the hero, a likeable, smart detective in New York; it’s not so easy to set a trap for him.
Weibliche Hauptrolle
June March, the heroine, his attractive assistant; although she is abducted, Bount is able to free her from the criminals’ clutches…
Polizeichef
Toby Rogers, heads the Homicide department in New York; he and Bount help each other out on the fight against crime.
Leutnant
Clarke, the lieutenant, works for Rogers and is a tall, lanky guy.
Der Verdächtige
Leonard, the suspect - a killer, tall and with an exceptionally pale face; one day he too will be found dead, in a ship’s propeller.
Freundin des Verdächtigen
Grace, the suspect’s girlfriend; she only has a minor role to play before warning Leonard and enabling him to flee, although he doesn’t get very far.
Banker
Greg Lafitte, the banker, is deeply involved in the mysterious business and kills the pale-faced killer; but he too is shot soon after.
Ehefrau des Bankers
Jennifer Lafitte, the banker’s wife, set the murdered detective on her husband, suspecting him of having an affair with a high-class call girl.
Börsenhändler
Hamill, the stockbroker; the 30-year-old man provides the criminal organization run by an ominous “Charley” with the latest market rates.
Buchmacher
Smith, the bookie, is the slimy owner of a betting shop where more than just betting slips are to be had.
Die Mörderin
Moira Jordan, the murderess, is the banker’s deputy; at the end of the story she is unmasked as the woman behind the murders and manipulator of the complot.
Mordopfer
Steve Tierney, the murder victim, a nervous man, who feels extremely threatened by everything he’s found out; the story begins with his murder.
Witwe
Karen Tierney, the widow; her greatest concern is her son, who is being used as a pawn by her husband’s murderers to prevent her telling all she knows.
Sohn des Mordopfers
Michael, the son, ten years old; he has no idea of the danger he is in.
Der Notar
Reynolds, the notary, is a respectable lawyer who only plays a small role.
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Abriss
A detective story from the world of the New York stock exchange with a male protagonist, no love scenes
Schauplatz
New YorkEpoche
The present
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Extract
Steve Tierney grabbed the dictaphone and tried one last time to finish his report. But he knew in his heart it wasn’t going to happen. He just couldn’t concentrate. As his eyes wandered, he noticed his hand trembling a little.
‘I’ve come a long way!’ flashed through his mind. He took a deep breath, got up from his uncomfortable seat and put the dictaphone on his cluttered desk.
Tierney’s office was on the Lower East Side, because he couldn’t afford anything else. But maybe this was his chance to climb a rung up the ladder from small-time gumshoe to undercover agent for gentlemen. But it was all still pretty uncertain. It was going to be a close shave and if his luck didn’t hold, the blade was going to be slitting his throat.
Tierney needed to watch out and he knew it. The temptation had simply been too great. You never get a chance like this twice…
Tierney crossed over to the window and looked out into the darkness. It was already late. He’d really wanted to be home long before, but in his line of business you couldn’t watch the clock.
He suddenly thought about his wife
Karen and their son,
Michael, who would be 10 in a few weeks’ time. “For their sake I should never have got involved in this damned mess!” he thought painfully. But it was too late now for regrets. He had to stick it through and hope that everything would work out. Once it was over, all three of them would benefit from it and have a better future. No more night-time spying on straying husbands, no more endless hours spent hanging around cash machines in the hope of tracking down credit card fraudsters…
Security consulting for big businesses – that was the kind of thing
Tierney pictured himself doing in the future. With regular office hours if possible. And, of course, more time for his family. Just then,
Tierney twitched involuntarily. This happened more often now. His nerves had taken a beating since getting involved in all of this. He’d heard a noise at the door. Someone rang the bell, but it had long since given up the ghost. So whoever it was knocked a few seconds later.
Tierney had taken his shoulder holster off and put it on the desk. His hand now reached out for the weapon. It was a Baretta, and he felt a lot better with the gun nestling in the grip of his right hand.
With the gun in position, he went towards the door, where the person was knocking for the second time, now sounding more impatient.
Tierney looked through the spy hole. A man stood in the hall. He didn’t recognize him.
“What do you want?” called
Tierney.
“Open up. I need to talk to you!” came the voice through the door. “And I don’t want the world and his wife listening in on us. Or aren’t you taking clients on any more?”
Tierney took a moment to think. His brain was working overtime. The guy outside was probably not a client – although
Tierney was well-known for being available day and night. However, as things were, he just didn’t believe it. Another possibility was far more likely. Someone had probably sent some kind of hired killer to conveniently get rid of
Steve Tierney.
“Just a moment,” called
Tierney without the slightest intention of actually opening the door to the stranger. He was just stalling for time.
Tierney crept backwards looking around his shabby office, in which he sat like a mouse in a trap. There was no way of getting out of here. There was no balcony, no fire escape, he couldn’t even jump out of the window - the frames had warped so much that he’d had to nail them down in winter so as not to perish from the cold while seeing to his confounded paperwork.
Tierney’s office was hardly a place to take cover. There wasn’t a single place to hide. The furniture and fittings were sparse. Apart from his desk there were only a few shelves mounted on the walls, housing the files where he kept his case notes.
Tierney had just reached his desk when he heard an ugly noise. It sounded almost as if someone had sneezed hard, but
Tierney knew it was something else.
A gun with a silencer! The fellow had made short work of shooting out the lock. The door opened a slit.
Frequency of appearance
We have summarised all personalisation options for this book here. We also listed the Frequency of appearance for the respective details. You do not need to fill in all options – you can also use the defaults.
Männliche Hauptrolle
Hero's first name
408 x
Hero's family name
85 x
Colour of hero's hair
1 x
Colour of hero's eyes
1 x
Hero's car
12 x
Colour of hero's car
3 x
Weibliche Hauptrolle
Heroine's first name
53 x
Heroine's family name
8 x
Colour of the heroine's hair
2 x
Colour of the heroine's eyes
2 x
Polizeichef
First name of Chief of Police
26 x
Family name of Chief of Police
67 x
Leutnant
Family name of Lieutenant
24 x
Der Verdächtige
Suspect's family name
63 x
Freundin des Verdächtigen
First name of suspect's girlfriend
3 x
Banker
Banker's first name
8 x
Banker's family name
59 x
Ehefrau des Bankers
Banker's wife first name
9 x
Börsenhändler
Stockbroker's family name
34 x
Buchmacher
Bookie's first name
35 x
Die Mörderin
Murderer's first name
9 x
Murderer's family name
9 x
Mordopfer
Private detective's first name
22 x
Private detective's family name
126 x
Witwe
First name of private detective's wife
25 x
Sohn des Mordopfers
First name of private detective's son
17 x
Der Notar
Notary's family name
9 x
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