by Howard Engel
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
www.penguin.ca/mystery
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
THE RANSOM GAME
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
Benny is bored until blue-eyed, long-legged Muriel Falkirk enters his office because her boyfriend, the notorious Johnny Rosa, has gone missing. It’s been ten years since Johnny pulled off a sensational kidnapping, and he’s served his time. But now he’s skipped parole—or been murdered—and Muriel wants to know where he is.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
www.penguin.ca/mystery
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
MURDER ON LOCATION
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
Hollywood’s elite has gathered on the shores of Niagara Falls for the making of a thriller, but when Benny wanders onto the set, he’s not looking for a bit part—he’s doggedly tracking down a woman who is missing from his hometown.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
www.penguin.ca/mystery
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
MURDER SEES THE LIGHT
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
A simple babysitting assignment turns nasty for Benny in Algonquin Park, and before he’s even had time to work on his tan, he’s up to his waterline in cults, black flies, and murder!
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
www.penguin.ca/mystery
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
A CITY CALLED JULY
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
When Rabbi Meltzer and the President of Grantham’s synagogue knock on Benny’s office door, they aren’t looking to sell raffle tickets. They need his help in tracking down a missing lawyer who has disappeared with the life savings of half of the Jewish community.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
www.penguin.ca/mystery
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
A VICTIM MUST BE FOUND
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
Benny Cooperman finds himself mixed up in the art world—he’s hot on the trail of some missing paintings by Wallace Lamb—a trail that leads him to some of Grantham’s illustrious elite who buy, trade, and sometimes steal pictures.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
www.penguin.ca/mystery
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
EAST OF SUEZ
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
Left with short-term memory loss and unable to read, Benny Cooperman is ready to pack in his career as a private investigator. But an old schoolmate convinces him to locate her missing husband—or at least the family savings. Benny’s quest takes him to the seductive environs of Murinam, a former French possession in Indonesia, where nothing is as it appears to be. The heat is on as mayhem and murder ensue among the colourful denizens of the tropics, but Benny keeps a cool head.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
www.penguin.ca/mystery
Table of Contents
Cover
About the Author
Also in the Benny Cooperman series
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Half Title
Prologue
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine