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Jeremy Ransom and Emily Charters are a most interesting pair of detectives--part Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, part Kate Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, part Yoda and Luke Skywalker. Ransom is a tough but erudite Chicago cop; Charters is a gently raised, very smart old lady whose friendship brightens Ransom's life and whose insights often help him solve difficult cases. In their latest outing, Ransom and Charters have to find out whether rape victim Laura Shay and her mother were murdered by the man that Shay sent to prison nine years before. New DNA evidence has cleared Ben Harvey of the original charge, but did his years in jail trigger a deadly rage? Or did the money that Laura got after Ben's conviction come from the real rapist? Like Archie Goodwin, Ransom does most of the legwork. But Charters also has an important role in the investigation--especially when her sharp social instincts spot a vital clue in a television interview. Other Ransom-Charters adventures: Ransom for a Holiday, Ransom for an Angel, Ransom for Our Sins. Author Fred Hunter also writes the Alex Reynolds detective series, including Federal Fag and Government Gay. --Dick Adler
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