BIRDS OF PREY

Jonas Piedmont Beaumont had a tumultuous childhood, suffered through two bad marriages, and protected the good people of Seattle for twenty years with the support of a bottle. Leaving this all behind, Beaumont performs a good deed and accompanies his grandmother and her new husband on an Alaskan cruise. Alas, ill deeds on board the ship reignite his investigative instincts and good-bye semi-retirement! Cotter Smith has that forties style of narration that glorifies an era of flat-footed, chain-smoking detectives possessing one good suit and a heavy dose of curiosity. B.J.P. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/ SEP 01]