Killing Time

Tim Smith is the only private investigator in a small upstate New York town, and he knows things about the Mayor, the City Council, and the businessmen who run everything. Secrets that could ruin them. He's never had reason to use that leverage, until someone tries to kill him. Now the man who knows too much must figure out which of his "friends" wants him dead before they try again. Donald E. Westlake brings his trademark lean prose and cold-eyed view of small-town power to this compact, propulsive thriller. The corruption isn't hidden in back alleys; it's baked into the country club, the city hall, the church. And the only man who can navigate it is a target.