The Gold Gamble (A Norma and Alexander Gold Thriller Book 5)

The Gold Gamble (A Norma and Alexander Gold Thriller Book 5)

'Resnicow writes brightly with bouncy humor. Norma and Alex are a likeable couple in the tradition of Nick and Nora Charles and Jerry and Pamela North.' â€“ Washington Post Book World

Somehow, the show must go onâ€¦

Norma Gold and her friend Pearl are co-producing a Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls , with the help of Maxwell Sapphire, who hasnâ€™t had a hit in four years.

Alexander Gold and Burton Hanslik have invested $2.5 million in the show, so Norma and Pearl are under pressure to make it a winner!

There are always problems in the theatre.

And Sapphire is determined for his mistress, Lisa Terrane, to star in a role on which rests the whole showâ€¦

But Norma and Pearl force him to star an old school friend of Normaâ€™s, Carol Sands, instead, but to placate Sapphire, Lisa Terrane is made Carolâ€™s understudy.

Then, three days before the criticsâ€™ preview, Lisa Terrane is found cruelly murdered in her dressing room.

And Carol Sands is the only person on the floor at that timeâ€¦

Burton persuades Lieutenant Warshafsky to hold off arresting his star until the criticsâ€™ preview night.

But it is made very clear that if Alexander Gold canâ€™t solve the case by then, the show will have to close, taking with it Normaâ€™s and Pearlâ€™s dreams and all of Alexanderâ€™s and Burtonâ€™s moneyâ€¦

The night of the preview Warshafsky suddenly announces that he must arrest Carol at once and Alexander finds himself in a race against time to save Carol, the show, his wife, his money and his pride.

The Gold Gamble is an entertaining thriller with as much humour as suspense.

Praise for Herbert Resnicow

â€˜A gem: sparkling dialogue, a neat lock room puzzleâ€¦ Read this!â€™ - Ellery Queenâ€™s Mystery Magazine

â€˜Herbert Resnicowâ€™s private eye, a new type, name of Gold, made me sit in awe when I wasnâ€™t chuckling at the wit of this whodunit â€¦ Gold is a master of mind and matter and may his vibes increase in cases to comeâ€™ - The New York Times

â€˜A true original, unique, artful and very witty, with sharp, tart, delicious characters. First time a mystery made me laugh in decadesâ€™ - Harold Q. Masur, author of The Broker

Herbert Resnicow was a late-blooming author. A civil engineer by training and trade, he changed careers at 60 with his first mystery The Gold Solution. Like his following novels, the plot reflects his long experience in construction. He died on April 5th 1997.
Country USA
Manufacturer Lume Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-10-18
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Lume Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-10-18
Format	Kindle eBook

The Gold Gamble (A Norma and Alexander Gold Thriller Book 5)

Praise for Herbert Resnicow

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