Dead and Buried: A Benny Cooperman Mystery (Benny Cooperman Mysteries (Paperback))

benny Cooperman Is A Detective With Flair. This Kinder, Gentler Detective-funny, Smart And Squeamish About Violence-is The Creation Of Master Of The Genre Howard Engel, Whose Enthusiastic Fans Include Ruth Rendell, Donald E. Westlake, Julian Symons, And Tony Hillerman. His Readers Stretch Now To Thirteen Countries, From His Native Canada To Japan, England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, And The Us. in His Latest Case, Benny Cooperman Is Sure That Toxic Waste Isn't Something You Should Spend Too Much Time Thinking About-it Just Isn't Good For Your Mental Health. But When Jack Dowden's Widow Appeals To Benny To Investigate The Death Of Her Truck-driving Husband, Our Favorite Gumshoe Finds Himself Up To His Egg Salad-stained Lapels In The Deadly Filth Of Kinross Disposals. As He Unearths Clues-and Pcbs-the Body Count Rises, And Benny Cooperman Does Everything He Can Not To End Up Dead And Buried. engel Is . . . One Of The Best. ( ellery Queen Mystery Magazine ) ellery Queen Mystery Magazine engel Is...one Of The Best. From an Arthur Ellis Award–winning author, a mystery starring the Canadian investigator who “just plain charms the socks off anyone he meets” (Booklist). When truck driver Jack Dowden is killed in an accident while hauling toxic waste, his widow, Irma, suspects something fishy. Dowden wasn't the type to be careless, and Irma has reason to believe that someone may have wanted him dead. Naturally, Benny Cooperman is the man she calls to take the case. It's up to the affable detective to solve the mystery of Dowden's death—before the situation proves hazardous to his health... “Benny, a private detective in fictional Grantham, Ontario, is a marvelous creation—a hardworking fellow whose innate bad luck just keeps leading him into the wrong cases. (Think Jim Rockford minus the proclivity for getting into fistfights.)” —Booklist “A warmly likable hero with an ironic sense of humor.” —Kirkus Reviews “Benny Cooperman is one of the most enjoyable private eyes in crime fiction.” —The Toronto Star Dead and Buried is the seventh book in the Benny Cooperman Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. Benny Cooperman's investigation of a truck drivers's death leads him to a toxic waste dumping scandel