When a Boston judge is being blackmailed, Andy Roark must find out who is behind the threat before lives get ruined in this thrilling mystery featuring the Vietnam veteran turned private investigator.
“Fans of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels . . . will be eager to see more of Roark” Publishers Weekly
“Roark is genuinely likeable (not too tough, but not a patsy)” The New York Times
Boston, 1985. With the late December cold comes a new job for ex—military operative turned private investigator Andy Roark. Boston judge Ambrose Messer is being blackmailed, and he needs Roark’s help to stop the culprit.
Messer is judging the bench trial of a chemical company accused of knowingly dumping chemical waste in an unsafe manner, causing birth defects and cancer. The evidence against them is overwhelming, but the message from the blackmailer is clear: If you don’t want the world to know your secret, the chemical company wins. Messer doesn’t want to let a threat corrupt his judgement . . . but then again, he could lose everything if his secret comes out!
Judging his client to be a man with morals, Roark plunges into action, determined to find the blackmailer before it’s too late. But the disturbing, unexpected revelations he uncovers make him a target of some very dangerous people, who soon seem determined not only to wreck the life of his client, but to destroy Roark’s too . . .
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“Fans of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels . . . will be eager to see more of Roark” Publishers Weekly
“Roark is genuinely likeable (not too tough, but not a patsy)” The New York Times
Boston, 1985. With the late December cold comes a new job for ex—military operative turned private investigator Andy Roark. Boston judge Ambrose Messer is being blackmailed, and he needs Roark’s help to stop the culprit.
Messer is judging the bench trial of a chemical company accused of knowingly dumping chemical waste in an unsafe manner, causing birth defects and cancer. The evidence against them is overwhelming, but the message from the blackmailer is clear: If you don’t want the world to know your secret, the chemical company wins. Messer doesn’t want to let a threat corrupt his judgement . . . but then again, he could lose everything if his secret comes out!
Judging his client to be a man with morals, Roark plunges into action, determined to find the blackmailer before it’s too late. But the disturbing, unexpected revelations he uncovers make him a target of some very dangerous people, who soon seem determined not only to wreck the life of his client, but to destroy Roark’s too . . .
The Judge
When a Boston judge is being blackmailed, Andy Roark must find out who is behind the threat before lives get ruined in this thrilling mystery featuring the Vietnam veteran turned private investigator.
“Fans of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels . . . will be eager to see more of Roark” Publishers Weekly
“Roark is genuinely likeable (not too tough, but not a patsy)” The New York Times
Boston, 1985. With the late December cold comes a new job for ex—military operative turned private investigator Andy Roark. Boston judge Ambrose Messer is being blackmailed, and he needs Roark’s help to stop the culprit.
Messer is judging the bench trial of a chemical company accused of knowingly dumping chemical waste in an unsafe manner, causing birth defects and cancer. The evidence against them is overwhelming, but the message from the blackmailer is clear: If you don’t want the world to know your secret, the chemical company wins. Messer doesn’t want to let a threat corrupt his judgement . . . but then again, he could lose everything if his secret comes out!
Judging his client to be a man with morals, Roark plunges into action, determined to find the blackmailer before it’s too late. But the disturbing, unexpected revelations he uncovers make him a target of some very dangerous people, who soon seem determined not only to wreck the life of his client, but to destroy Roark’s too . . .
“Fans of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels . . . will be eager to see more of Roark” Publishers Weekly
“Roark is genuinely likeable (not too tough, but not a patsy)” The New York Times
Boston, 1985. With the late December cold comes a new job for ex—military operative turned private investigator Andy Roark. Boston judge Ambrose Messer is being blackmailed, and he needs Roark’s help to stop the culprit.
Messer is judging the bench trial of a chemical company accused of knowingly dumping chemical waste in an unsafe manner, causing birth defects and cancer. The evidence against them is overwhelming, but the message from the blackmailer is clear: If you don’t want the world to know your secret, the chemical company wins. Messer doesn’t want to let a threat corrupt his judgement . . . but then again, he could lose everything if his secret comes out!
Judging his client to be a man with morals, Roark plunges into action, determined to find the blackmailer before it’s too late. But the disturbing, unexpected revelations he uncovers make him a target of some very dangerous people, who soon seem determined not only to wreck the life of his client, but to destroy Roark’s too . . .
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781448318179 |
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| Publisher: | Severn House |
| Publication date: | 11/18/2025 |
| Series: | Andy Roark Series , #5 |
| Edition description: | Main |
| Pages: | 224 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.00(d) |
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