The Procane Chronicle (The Philip St. Ives Mysteries #3)

By: Ross Thomas

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Synopsis: A bungled hand-off leaves professional go-between Philip St. Ives suspected of murder in this thriller that inspired the Charles Bronson movie St. Ives. It&’s three in the morning, and Philip St. Ives has come to the all-night Laundromat to meet a thief. His laundry bag isn&’t carrying dirty clothing—it&’s stuffed with $90,000 cash. But he finds his contact, Bobby Boykins, in no state to talk. Bobby has been beaten, strangled, and stuffed behind a washing machine; Philip is inspecting the corpse when the police find him. Standing in a Laundromat with a dead body and a sack full of cash, Philip learns, is a good way to get arrested. St. Ives is a go-between—a mediator between thieves and their victims—and he came to meet Bobby for the sake of a rich man who has lost his diary. If Philip can escape the Tenth Precinct, Bobby&’s killer will come for him next.