Lover ManArtie Deemer had it easy--relaxing in his easy chair and collecting paychecks from his dog's acting career. Then Billie Burke, Artie's beautiful ex-girlfriend, was murdered, and Artie was plunged into a whirlwind of drugs, blackmail, mobsters--and a growing pile of corpses. Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Mystery. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book for 1987. |
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User Review - Dokfintong - LibraryThingI read "Apparent Wind" a while ago and thought it was wonderfully goofy and I was eager to read more from Dallas Murphy. "Lover Man", the first Artie Deemer mystery, is wonderful in an entirely ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lover Man |
| Author | Dallas Murphy |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Pocket Books, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671661884, 9780671661885 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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