Fifth Philip St. Ives novel in which he acts as a go-between to recover a rare book that has been stolen and ransomed for $250,000. Interestingly, the owner of the book, PI Jack Marsh, has been kidnapped as well. St. Ives soon finds himself involved in a deadly game of deception and murder

Philip St. Ives, the top professional go-between introduced last year in The Brass Go-Between, is back in action. In this new novel of intrigue, St. Ives is coerced by the Department of State into recovering the U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia. The diplomat has been kidnapped and is being held for a ransom of $1,000,000 and the release of a Nobel Prize-winning poet. It’s a complicated assignment that becomes downright deadly as St. Ives finds himself involved with a Broadway actor, a 30-year-old millionaire, the poet’s breathtakingly beautiful daughter, and a sexy CIA agent

Philip St. Ives is a top professional go-between who mediates between the owner of stolen goods and the thieves who stole them. In this exciting new novel, his assignment is to recover a rare and politically important tenth century brass Shield stolen from a Washington, D.C. museum

Professional go-between Philip St. Ives finds himself in a London jail even before he has accepted an offer from Ned and Norbert Nitry to recover the fabulous Sword of St. Louis which as (or has it?) been stolen from them and is being ransomed. When Philip does accept the offer, he becomes involved in a deadly game of deception and murder with a bizarre group of characters that includes two professional con men (highbinders). Readers of previous Oliver Bleeck books will found the action, suspense, wit and great dialogue they’ve come to expect from an acknowledged master of the suspense novel

Abner Procane is the greatest thief in the world. And he’s in trouble. Philip St. Ives, certainly the greatest professional go-between in the world, is hired to help Procane. And go-betweening being what it is for St. Ives, he is soon involved in murder and a million-dollar heist — to name only two of his problems. Readers of previous Oliver Bleeck books will find the action, suspense, wit and great dialogue they’ve come to expect in this, the best Bleeck novel yet

В настоящий сборник детективов США вошли повести Эда Макбэйна «И пусть даже одержимые злом», Оливера Блика (псевдоним Росса Томаса) «Честный вор» и Джадсона Филипса «Город слухов»

Абнер Прокейн — лучший вор Нью-Йорка. В чем секрет его успеха? Он всегда крадет только деньги и только у тех, кто нажил состояние нечестным путём. Эти люди никогда не станут просить помощи в полиции. Но настал день, когда обокрали самого Абнера. Воры не тронули деньги — они унесли дневники Прокейна

Росс Томас впервые в детективном жанре вывел и закрепил нового героя — так называемого Посредника. Посредник Сент-Ив (серия публиковалась под псевдонимом Оливер Блик) не сыщик и не работник полиции, но и в то же время не представитель преступного мира, а человек,которому доверяют. Уникальность его положения между двумя противоборствующими лагерями позволяет ему решать оригинальные задачи, недоступные обычным героям детективов, и придает ощущение новизны самому жанру. (http://mydetectiveworld.com)