Crang Mysteries 4-Book Bundle : Crang Plays the Ace / Straight No Chaser / Take Five / and 1 more

"Like a fine wine, the [Crang] series — and its protagonist — have aged well." — The Toronto Star "Not to be missed." — The Globe and Mail Jack Batten's hard-boiled Crang series returns with this four-book bundle, including the latest Crang mystery, 2016's Keeper of the Flame ! Includes: Crang Plays the Ace Straight No Chaser Take Five Keeper of the Flame Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has been a very happy Toronto freelance writer for many years. He has written thirtyfive books including four crime novels featuring Crang, the unorthodox criminal lawyer who has a bad habit of stumbling on murders that need his personal attention. Batten reviewed jaz for The Globe and Mail for several years, reviewed movies on CBC Radio for twenty-five-years, and now reviews crime novels for The Toronto Star. Not Surprisingly, jazz, movies and crime turn up frequently in Crang's life. Crang is an unconventional criminal lawyer with a taste for straight vodka and a nose for trouble. When Matthew Wansborough, a wealthy financier and scion of a fine old family, comes to him with the novel problem that his $300,000 investment in Ace Disposal Services is too profitable, Crang is puzzled. His unorthodox investigation of Ace reveals that it's a dirty player in a dirty business, run by men who oil the wheels of commerce with kickbacks, fraud, muscle--and murder Mayhem, Murder And Mystery...crang Is On The Case. Mystery And Comedy Mix In This Entertaining Novel, Written With The In-depth Knowledge Of The Legal Scene And The Easygoing Style That Have Made Bestsellers Of Batten's Previous Books.