Justin Scott has written over a dozen mysteries, thrillers and adventure novels under several names, taut, exemplary stories that illuminate and explore many of our social concerns. They are good stories, well-written with drive and panache. This is another, peopled with interesting characters,...
A small-town real estate agent might not be the obvious choice of hero for a mystery thriller, but Justin Scott makes it work. He endows Ben Abbott with a backstory as a financial wheeler-dealer who runs afoul of securities laws and spends prison time as a convicted felon. Then he returns home to...
Ben Abbot, a stockbroker turned estate agent, is asked to investigate the death of his friend Reg. This involves asking questions of people who have been friends since childhood, unearthing long held secrets and ruining the lives of others in order to bring justice to Reg.Rereading my review st...
"El cazador de barcos" es una historia cargada de suspense, que Justin Scott nos relata con una vibrante narrativa y un profundo conocimiento del mundo del mar y de los barcos. Desde 1979, año de su primera edición, ha fascinado a millones de lectores en todo el mundo, y se ha convertido en la se...
HardScape and StoneDust, the first Ben Abbott novels, established Ben as one of the most engaging and canny investigators to have appeared in a long time. Britain's Literary Review terms the Abbotts "Smooth, sardonic, impeccably argued, immaculately written" while author Lawrence Block says: "Fro...
“In here,” she called through the screen. She was in the birth/editing room. “Hey, it’s you. How you doing?” “I saw Sherman in the hospital. He’s in pretty good shape, all things considered.” “Yeah, we talked on the phone. What’s up?” &n...