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    Highway Side: The Nick Acropolis novels, #2
    Dancing on Graves: The Nick Acropolis novels, #3
    Westerfield's Chain: The Nick Acropolis novels, #1
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    The Nick Acropolis novels Series

    By Jack Clark

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    About this series

    Chicago private eye Nick Acropolis is back with a new adventure. Billy Mansfield has been on Death Row for more than 20 years, and Nick helped put him there in his days as a Chicago homicide detective. Now he's asked to find evidence to free him. Could Billy Mansfield really be innocent? 

    "Westerfield's Chain," the first Nick Acropolis novel, was a Shamus Award finalist. 
    "A great read," --Publishers Weekly 
    "A pure delight for many reasons, not the least of which is the way Jack Clark celebrates and rings a few changes of the familiar private eye script...There's a memorable moment [on] virtually every page." --Chicago Tribune 
    "A likeable protagonist and spirited, uncluttered prose." --Kirkus Reviews 
    "Jack Clark's descriptions are beautifully haunting and his plotting is exceptional." Romantic Times. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJack Clark Ink
    Release dateOct 1, 2002
    Highway Side: The Nick Acropolis novels, #2
    Dancing on Graves: The Nick Acropolis novels, #3
    Westerfield's Chain: The Nick Acropolis novels, #1

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      Westerfield's Chain: The Nick Acropolis novels, #1
      Westerfield's Chain: The Nick Acropolis novels, #1

      Westerfield's Chain: The Nick Acropolis novels, #1

      Jack Clark
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       "Westerfield's Chain," was first published by St. Martin's in 2002, and was a Shamus Award Finalist.  KirkusReviews said: "When someone asks ex–homicide cop Nick Acropolis if he misses being on the job, he replies, "Every fucking day," acknowledging a painful truth. He misses the work, the camaraderie, but most of all the self-respect, that sense of himself as someone who matters, acquired over the 15 years he served as a high-profile Chicago police detective—and snatched from him wrongfully, he insists, by men who knew better. Now Nick's a small-timer, a hand-to-mouth p.i. investigating the peccadilloes of other small-timers and hating every minute of it—as he's hating the minute he serendipitously bumps into spunky young Rebecca Westerfield, who's searching for her missing father while Nick's tracking down the missing witness to a minor auto accident. On the surface, there's not much to connect the two cases, but Nick ever regards a surface as the thin veneer of a secret—in this case, a lot of secrets, most of them nasty, fraudulent, or positively lethal. Before he's through sleuthing, Nick uncovers a multimillion-dollar welfare scam, solves a brutal murder or two, locates Becky's worthless dad, and lightens the lives of a couple of eminently worthwhile ladies. In addition, he gets to experience the heady pleasures of a higher profile once more as he thumbs his nose at the corps of bilious blue-clad bureaucrats who summarily sacked him. The Chicago Tribune called the book the best mystery of the month and said, "There's a memorable moment [on] virtually every page."

       "Westerfield's Chain," was first published by St. Martin's in 2002, and was a Shamus Award Finalist.  KirkusReviews said: "When someone asks ex–homicide cop Nick Acropolis if he misses being on the job, he replies, "Every fucking day," acknowledging a painful truth. He misses the work, the camaraderie, but most of all the self-respect, that sense of himself as someone who matters, acquired over the 15 years he served as a high-profile Chicago police detective—and snatched from him wrongfully, he insists, by men who knew better. Now Nick's a small-timer, a hand-to-mouth p.i. investigating the peccadilloes of other small-timers and hating every minute of it—as he's hating the minute he serendipitously bumps into spunky young Rebecca Westerfield, who's searching for her missing father while Nick's tracking down the missing witness to a minor auto accident. On the surface, there's not much to connect the two cases, but Nick ever regards a surface as the thin veneer of a secret—in this case, a lot of secrets, most of them nasty, fraudulent, or positively lethal. Before he's through sleuthing, Nick uncovers a multimillion-dollar welfare scam, solves a brutal murder or two, locates Becky's worthless dad, and lightens the lives of a couple of eminently worthwhile ladies. In addition, he gets to experience the heady pleasures of a higher profile once more as he thumbs his nose at the corps of bilious blue-clad bureaucrats who summarily sacked him. The Chicago Tribune called the book the best mystery of the month and said, "There's a memorable moment [on] virtually every page."

    • 2

      Highway Side: The Nick Acropolis novels, #2
      Highway Side: The Nick Acropolis novels, #2

      Highway Side: The Nick Acropolis novels, #2

      Jack Clark
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      Chicago private detective Nick Acropolis goes to rural McKinley, Illinois--a town along the old and legendary Route 66--to investigate the case of Jesse Lopez, a truck driver charged with smuggling drugs. Nick meets truck stop waitress Maddy Miller. Her teenage son Billy has been missing for over a year.  Nick heads out to Southern California, the end of that same lost highway. This is where Billy Miller was last seen. It's also where Jesse Lopez began his trip. Could the two cases be connected?  "Westerfield's Chain," the first Nick Acropolis novel, was a Shamus Award finalist.  "A great read," --Publishers Weekly  "A pure delight for many reasons, not the least of which is the way Jack Clark celebrates and rings a few changes of the familiar private eye script...There's a memorable moment [on] virtually every page." --Chicago Tribune  "A likeable protagonist and spirited, uncluttered prose." --Kirkus Reviews  "Jack Clark's descriptions are beautifully haunting and his plotting is exceptional." Romantic Times.   

      Chicago private detective Nick Acropolis goes to rural McKinley, Illinois--a town along the old and legendary Route 66--to investigate the case of Jesse Lopez, a truck driver charged with smuggling drugs. Nick meets truck stop waitress Maddy Miller. Her teenage son Billy has been missing for over a year.  Nick heads out to Southern California, the end of that same lost highway. This is where Billy Miller was last seen. It's also where Jesse Lopez began his trip. Could the two cases be connected?  "Westerfield's Chain," the first Nick Acropolis novel, was a Shamus Award finalist.  "A great read," --Publishers Weekly  "A pure delight for many reasons, not the least of which is the way Jack Clark celebrates and rings a few changes of the familiar private eye script...There's a memorable moment [on] virtually every page." --Chicago Tribune  "A likeable protagonist and spirited, uncluttered prose." --Kirkus Reviews  "Jack Clark's descriptions are beautifully haunting and his plotting is exceptional." Romantic Times.   

    • 3

      Dancing on Graves: The Nick Acropolis novels, #3
      Dancing on Graves: The Nick Acropolis novels, #3

      Dancing on Graves: The Nick Acropolis novels, #3

      Jack Clark
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      Chicago private eye Nick Acropolis is back with a new adventure. Billy Mansfield has been on Death Row for more than 20 years, and Nick helped put him there in his days as a Chicago homicide detective. Now he's asked to find evidence to free him. Could Billy Mansfield really be innocent?  "Westerfield's Chain," the first Nick Acropolis novel, was a Shamus Award finalist.  "A great read," --Publishers Weekly  "A pure delight for many reasons, not the least of which is the way Jack Clark celebrates and rings a few changes of the familiar private eye script...There's a memorable moment [on] virtually every page." --Chicago Tribune  "A likeable protagonist and spirited, uncluttered prose." --Kirkus Reviews  "Jack Clark's descriptions are beautifully haunting and his plotting is exceptional." Romantic Times. 

      Chicago private eye Nick Acropolis is back with a new adventure. Billy Mansfield has been on Death Row for more than 20 years, and Nick helped put him there in his days as a Chicago homicide detective. Now he's asked to find evidence to free him. Could Billy Mansfield really be innocent?  "Westerfield's Chain," the first Nick Acropolis novel, was a Shamus Award finalist.  "A great read," --Publishers Weekly  "A pure delight for many reasons, not the least of which is the way Jack Clark celebrates and rings a few changes of the familiar private eye script...There's a memorable moment [on] virtually every page." --Chicago Tribune  "A likeable protagonist and spirited, uncluttered prose." --Kirkus Reviews  "Jack Clark's descriptions are beautifully haunting and his plotting is exceptional." Romantic Times. 

    Author

    Jack Clark

    Jack Clark was the winner of the Page One Award from the Chicago Newspaper Guild for feature writing. His novel “Westerfield’s Chain,” was a finalist for the Shamus Award. The Chicago Tribune called that book “The best mystery of the month,” and said there was a memorable moment “on virtually every page.” His novel “Nobody’s Angel,” earned him an appearance on NPR’s Fresh Air. The book was called “A gem,” by the Washington Post and “Just about perfect.” He is also the co-author of “On the Home Front,” a collection of his mother’s stories about her younger days in Chicago. Besides writing, Jack has also worked as a long haul furniture mover/truck driver for Allied Van Lines and as a Chicago cabdriver.

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