The Farnsworth Score

Gabe Wager #2

by Rex Burns

"Detective Gabriel Wager . . . was going undercover as Gabriel Villanueva, dealer-on-the-make. He would be issued a driving licence in that name, a new Social Security Card, and everything else he needed, including a past as an ex-Texas ranch hand, and an ex-wife. . . . He needed clothes, too--especially a hat, an expensive one. . . . All this to help Wagher close in on a man named a dealer, so big he thought no-one could touch him. Wager was tough, and he knew he way around. But he didn't realize how much trouble lay ahead."

Paperback

First published April 1, 1993

About the author

Rex Burns (b. 1935) is the author of numerous thrillers set in and around Denver, Colorado. Born in California, he served in the Marine Corps and attended Stanford University and the University of Minnesota before becoming a writer. His Edgar Award–winning first novel, The Alvarez Journal (1975), introduced Gabe Wager, a Denver police detective first working in an organized crime unit, then in homicide. Burns continued this hardboiled series through ten more novels, concluding it with 1997’s The Leaning Land. His second series (3 volumes) features Devlin Kirk and "Bunch" Bunchcroft, a private investigator series set in Colorado. The third series, beginning in 2013, follows the adventures of a father/daughter private detective team. The first, "Body Slam," focuses on the world of professional wrestling. The second, set in England and the Middle East, deals with theft from an oil tanker. His short story series, appearing in "Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine," features Aboriginal Constable Leonard Smith of the Western Australia Police.

Reviews

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A '70's tour of the Denver metro area.

[Iain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great outing for Gabe Wager, replete with Front Range references and a Nederland that hasn't change a bit.