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Buy Back by Brian M Wiprud

Buy Back

by Brian M Wiprud

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  • Jun 2010, 320 pages
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Tom Davin’s business is a bit unusual - he finds stolen art and sells it back to its owners for a good penny - until he uncovers a devious plot and finds himself on the run from a vicious Russian assassin.

Tom Davin is a Brooklyn insurance investigator in a jam. He arranged an art theft to cover a debt - only somebody swiped the paintings from his crew. Now the insurance company wants him to investigate his own art theft; the local bookie wants his money; his crew in the neighborhood is targeted by a sniper; both the mob and the cops think he’s the shooter; and his girlfriend split and stuck him with four cats that are redecorating his apartment. Six-foot-six Tommy nimbly navigates his troubles and Brooklyn with the help of tantric yoga, his father’s aphorisms, and a comely masseuse. But the question remains: do good things happen to good people? The answer lurks in a fiery Brooklyn scrap yard.

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"Readers will want to see more of the captivating Tom Davin." - Publishers Weekly

"Starred Review. Wiprud...whips up an unbeatable mix of violence, double-crossing, tantric-breathing exercises and deadpan aphorisms: 'The truth is like a cat. If you want it to sit on your lap, you just have to stay long enough in the same room.'" - Kirkus Reviews

"Buy Back is a strange, entertaining, comic brew." - Booklist

"Wiprud...has created another memorable protagonist in one of the most exciting crime fiction novels this year. Let's hope we see more of Tommy Davin." - Library Journal

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Brian Wiprud is the author of four books, including Feelers.

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