David Handler Runaway Man

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Benji Golden works in his familys struggling mom-and-pop business above a twenty-four-hour diner on Broadway and 103rd Street. Golden Legal Services, a private detective agency, was started by Benjis hero-cop father. The business is now run by Benjis mother, who used to be the only Jewish pole dancer in New York City, and is staffed by Lovely Rita, an eye-popping computer wizard and a former lap dancer.Baby-faced Benjiwho is exactly one-quarter-inch shy of five foot six, weighs a buck thirty-seven, and answers to the nickname Bunnyspecializes in tracking down teen runaways. One day, when a lawyer in fancy shoes arrives from Park Avenues classiest law firm offering a job and lots of money, Benji and his mother cant say no.Bruce Weiner is a senior at prestigious Canterbury College. A client of the firm has bestowed a considerable inheritance on Bruce, but Bruce has gone missing, and its up to Benji to find him. One murder later, Benji finds himself on a dangerous investigation that will take him to the highly secretive core of the most powerful city on earth.Runaway Man delivers all that a David Handler novel promises: smart humor, a thrilling and sexy story, and characters you wont soon forget.