Swann Dives In

Name: Swann Dives In
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Charles Salzberg
ISBN: 9798765098868

Author: Charles Salzberg

Series: Henry Swann Mystery #2

Narrator: Steve Marvel

Unabridged: 6 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/23/2023

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-boiled, Police Procedural

Synopsis

Millionaire lawyer Carlton Phillips has lost track of his daughter Marcy. Her last known whereabouts were at her school, Syracuse University. While trying to track down Marcy and/or her geeky boyfriend Sean Loomis on a quick trip upstate, Swann follows the clues to a sorority house, a pizza joint, and the office of a literature professor who is clearly hiding something.

Armed with more questions than leads Swann flies up to Boston where he narrowly avoids the arms of a seductive and secretive librarian. Finally back in New York City, Swann tries to sort out the details of the case.

Is Marcy Phillips a victim? What is the nature of her relationship to the sexy and cagey Elizabeth Lawson? Is Carlton Phillips somehow involved in this story? How are all of these people connected to the rare book world, and who is really trying to get away with something?

About Charles Salzberg

A celebrated and popular creative writing teacher, Charles Salzberg has been a visiting professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and has taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Hunter College, the Writer's Voice and the New York Writers Workshop, where he is a founding member. He is a consulting editor at the webzine Ducts.org and co-host, with Jonathan Kravetz, of the reading series, Trumpet Fiction, at KGB in New York City. His freelance work has appeared in such publications as Esquire, New York magazine, GQ, Elle, Redbook, Ladies' Home Journal, the New York Times arts and leisure section, the New York Times Book Review and the Los Angeles Times Book Review.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristin (Kritters Ramblings) on October 09, 2012

Check out the full review at Kritters Ramblings Hired to find a daughter, but ending up on an adventure from New York to Boston to London where trying to find the boyfriend and a book may eventually lead this detective into the hands of the daughter in question. I loved this book from page one, I was......more

Goodreads review by J. on November 21, 2012

It’s difficult to write, and to break new ground, in the mystery genre. More so in the hard-nosed detective genre. Consider those who have come before: Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, Ross MacDonald, and Robert B. Parker, to name a few. Hammett is considered the granddaddy, but C......more

Goodreads review by Ann on February 10, 2013

Charles Salzberg has done it again! I read this book in one sitting and enjoyed every breathless moment of it. Skip tracer Henry Swann has now become the cable guy, enduring seemingly endless flights of stairs, staggering heat, rebellious tempers and caustic remarks in his day-to-day activities. Sudd......more

Goodreads review by Nina on November 12, 2012

I'm a slow, skeptical, fussy reader. Salzberg manages to draw me in and keep me thinking and guessing and committed. Maybe it's because Swann has a unique combination of self-awareness, cynicism, and curiosity that makes me want to hang out with him for a few days and makes me look forward to the ne......more

Goodreads review by Gregory on October 14, 2013

I’m new to the Swann series, and was thus a little worried about jumping straight into the second book without having read the first. Even with no prior knowledge of Swann and his former struggles, though, I was able to very quickly get an idea of who this man is. And what a man indeed! He’s sharp,......more