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Stone Angel #8
The Zig-Zag Man
Pete Sawyer investigates after being approached by an American heiress, the victim of an unsolved childhood kidnapping, who is nearly hysterical after recognizing the voice of her childhood tormentor in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel in Paris.
- GenresMystery
240 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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Marvin H. Albert
123 books20 followersAlso wrote under the names Mike Barone, Albert Conroy, Ian MacAlister, Nick Quarry, Anthony Rome, Al Conroy, Marvin Albert
"Marvin H. Albert, the author of more than 100 westerns, mysteries, spy novels and works of history, died on March 24 in Menton, in the south of France. He was 73 and lived in Mont Segur-sur-Lauzon.
The cause was a heart attack, said his daughter, Jan.
Mr. Albert was born in Philadelphia and served as a radio officer in the Merchant Marine during World War II. After working as the director of a children's theater troupe in Philadelphia, he moved to New York in 1950 and began writing and editing for the magazines Quick and Look. He turned to writing full time after the success of his novel "The Law and Jake Wade" (1956).
In addition to popular westerns, mysteries and novelizations of Hollywood films, he wrote "The Long White Road," a biography of the Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, "Broadsides and Boarders," a history of great sea captains, and "The Divorce," about Henry VIII. He wrote novels under his own name and under the pseudonyms Albert Conroy, Al Conroy, Nick Quarry, Anthony Rome, Ian MacAlister and J. D. Christilian."
By WILLIAM GRIMES
"Marvin H. Albert, the author of more than 100 westerns, mysteries, spy novels and works of history, died on March 24 in Menton, in the south of France. He was 73 and lived in Mont Segur-sur-Lauzon.
The cause was a heart attack, said his daughter, Jan.
Mr. Albert was born in Philadelphia and served as a radio officer in the Merchant Marine during World War II. After working as the director of a children's theater troupe in Philadelphia, he moved to New York in 1950 and began writing and editing for the magazines Quick and Look. He turned to writing full time after the success of his novel "The Law and Jake Wade" (1956).
In addition to popular westerns, mysteries and novelizations of Hollywood films, he wrote "The Long White Road," a biography of the Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, "Broadsides and Boarders," a history of great sea captains, and "The Divorce," about Henry VIII. He wrote novels under his own name and under the pseudonyms Albert Conroy, Al Conroy, Nick Quarry, Anthony Rome, Ian MacAlister and J. D. Christilian."
By WILLIAM GRIMES
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December 1, 2022
8th in this 9 book series, re-reading them after many years. Much like seeing a movie for a second time after a long period, it didn’t have the same appeal of before - no doubt I’ve changed, not the story.
Once again Pete Sawyer, the “Stone Angel,” must rescue a damsel in distress. Much of the action here takes place in Gemany’s industrial centers, and thus I didn’t find it as alluring as those set in Pete’s home turf on the French Riviera….
Once again Pete Sawyer, the “Stone Angel,” must rescue a damsel in distress. Much of the action here takes place in Gemany’s industrial centers, and thus I didn’t find it as alluring as those set in Pete’s home turf on the French Riviera….
January 12, 2015
Paris based PI Pete Sawyer is hired to find out who kidnapped a poor little rich girl ten years ago.
Pete starts digging, and as usual in these books, finds it all goes back to a neo nazi movement. Pretty exciting story with a lot of twists and turns, and a good look at the interior of the French countryside.
Pete starts digging, and as usual in these books, finds it all goes back to a neo nazi movement. Pretty exciting story with a lot of twists and turns, and a good look at the interior of the French countryside.
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