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Legacies: A Repairman Jack Novel by Wilson, F. Paul is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From Publishers Weekly Urban mercenary Repairman Jack is back after a long hiatus, but Wilson's work-for-hire outlaw has clearly lost his edge since his last novel-length adventure, The Tomb (1984). Although still a lean and mean equalizer who makes his living "fixing" personal injustices, he has developed a soft spot for the kind of sympathetic victim that no conscientious defender could refuse. This new escapade pairs him with Alicia Clayton, head of a pediatric AIDS clinic in Manhattan, who has inherited a valuable Murray Hill townhouse from her estranged father. Alicia would love to destroy the building and with it memories of childhood sexual abuse she suffered there, but she is prevented by her slimy half-brother, Thomas, who offers to buy the house for an outrageous sum of money and whom she suspects is responsible for the violent deaths of everyone she hires to dispose of it. Jack eventually teases out the intricate thread that binds Thomas, his secret Saudi Arabian backers, an enigmatic Japanese spy and Alicia's secret shame to the property, but not without considerable help from fortuitous coincidences, lucky deductions and unlikely motives. Wilson (Deep as the Marrow) t

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Wilson, F. Paul
Publisher
Macmillan
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780765363091
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
Rating
4.4 / 5 (666 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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