01885cam a2200301 i 4500 382772669 TxAuBib 20190604120000.0 190517s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781510731080 24.99 1510731083 24.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda Terry, James, 1970- Heir apparent [BOOK] : a novel / James Terry. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2019. 282 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A compelling and compulsively readable riff on the classic noir detective novel that follows a hard-drinking PI accused of a murder he didn't commit--or did he? Eddie King wakes up one morning with a splitting headache to find two cops in his room, who begin questioning him about the murder of a man named Walter Morris, a writer of pulp detective novels. Thus begins this novel about a Chandleresque detective accused of a murder he didn't commit. In the process of seeking answers, he is shocked to discover that all of the deceased writer's novels are based on his own cases. Further investigation leads him to the writer's widow, a sensual older woman with whom he begins an impassioned affair. Smartly disguised as a textured and playful homage to the hardboiled American noir, Heir Apparent is also a sophisticated literary game with roots in Greek mythology. Its numerous levels and surprising twists will keep the reader guessing until the very end. 20190604. Widows Fiction. Private investigators Fiction. Authors Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Mystery fiction. Noir fiction.