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A hip-hop star hires criminal lawyer Crang to save him from a messy blackmail. In the course of performing the rescue, Crang gets embroiled with a gang running a porn operation. These guys play rough, and after someone dies a violent death, Crang has a murder to solve before he can tidy up his hip-hop client's reputation.
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About the Author:
Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has been a very happy Toronto freelance writer for many years. He has written thirty-five books. Batten reviewed jazz for the Globe and Mail, wrote for the Toronto Star, and reviewed movies on CBC Radio for twenty-five years. Not surprisingly, jazz, movies, and crime turn up frequently in Crang's life.
Review:
Legal-thriller fans who haven’t discovered the Crang series are in for a treat. (Booklist)
Vodka-sipping, jazz-loving Crang is a clever fellow who adds welcome humor to this sixth noir-light case. (Kirkus Reviews)
Batten’s sardonic humor adds fun to this fast-paced whodunit that will keep readers guessing until the final showdown. (Publishers Weekly)
Our smart-mouthed lawyer moves through Toronto with style and grace, with amusing stumbles and detours along the way. (Toronto Star)
Flame’s blackmail case has lots of entertaining, smart twists as it gnarls its way to resolution. It’s Batten’s career-long confidence and ease with words and their pleasures, though, that make Keeper of the Flame such a trustworthy read, from first page to last. (The London Free Press)
Keeper of the Flame alternates between dark comedy and fast-paced drama, and is an entertaining tale that will send readers in search of previous books in the series. (Deadly Diversions)
Crang is a crime-solving lawyer with a large ego, mouth, and a propensity for unorthodox cases. (The Sun Times)
This is a fun read. (Literary Treats)
Vodka-sipping, jazz-loving Crang is a clever fellow who adds welcome humor to this sixth noir-light case. (Kirkus Reviews)
Batten’s sardonic humor adds fun to this fast-paced whodunit that will keep readers guessing until the final showdown. (Publishers Weekly)
Our smart-mouthed lawyer moves through Toronto with style and grace, with amusing stumbles and detours along the way. (Toronto Star)
Flame’s blackmail case has lots of entertaining, smart twists as it gnarls its way to resolution. It’s Batten’s career-long confidence and ease with words and their pleasures, though, that make Keeper of the Flame such a trustworthy read, from first page to last. (The London Free Press)
Keeper of the Flame alternates between dark comedy and fast-paced drama, and is an entertaining tale that will send readers in search of previous books in the series. (Deadly Diversions)
Crang is a crime-solving lawyer with a large ego, mouth, and a propensity for unorthodox cases. (The Sun Times)
This is a fun read. (Literary Treats)
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- PublisherReadHowYouWant
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 152523675X
- ISBN 13 9781525236754
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages476
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