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Practice to Deceive
(1997)(The second book in the Holland Taylor series)
A novel by David Housewright
Housewright's Edgar Award-winning first novel, Penance, introduced readers to Holland Taylor, a wisecracking, cynical ex-cop turned PI. Now Taylor takes on a shocking embezzlement case that puts millions of dollars, the reputations of the city's most powerful people--and even Taylor's own life--on the line...
"Housewright follows up his Edgar-winning debut with a greased lightning tale of scam and counterscam."-- Kirkus Reviews
"A colorful cast of characters."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Excellent."-- Nevada Barr
"Clever...believable...lively."-- Philadelphia Inquirer
Genre: Mystery
"Housewright follows up his Edgar-winning debut with a greased lightning tale of scam and counterscam."-- Kirkus Reviews
"A colorful cast of characters."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Excellent."-- Nevada Barr
"Clever...believable...lively."-- Philadelphia Inquirer
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Excellent... Taylor is complex, brave, and flawed. David Housewright has done it again." - Nevada Barr
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