Tumbleweeds
Leila Meacham
Good! Starts out close to high school age threesome. they grow up together in a trying time of the eightys that makes them grow up faster than they wanted. CoEasy beach or pool reading. Enjoy.
Read Time: ~5.7 hr
The Agent
by George V. Higgins (1998)
About this book
No one likes Alexander Drouhin. Handsome, ruthless, and as smooth as a pool shark, Alex has built the largest and most successful sports agency in the nation from the ground up, leaving dissatisfied athletes and angry executives in his wake. Alex knows that greed can get you everything, but he never expected to get more than he bargained for. Surrounded by a motley staff of ex-football players and hungry junior agents, Alex is too busy closing the deal to notice that just about everyone, especially his own "associates," would be better off without him. So when Alex is found in his palatial mansion on the outskirts of Boston with a bullet in his head, there is no shortage of suspects - from pistol-packing limo drivers and bitter partners, to whining millionaire athletes. And by the time Lieutenant Francis Clay arrives on the scene, it appears that everyone has an alibi and no one has a clue.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe Agent Lead Character
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