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Comedian Nappy Kane, with his coarse one-liners about mothers-in-law, nagging wives, and women drivers, is a dinosaur. His career is on the rocks, his bank balance is anemic - even his agent is turning his back on him. But the thing that has broken the old has-been comic's heart is that his wife of less than a year has disappeared, presumably of her own accord. At least, she's taken her clothes, her jewelry, and her new car along with her. Enter Saxon: actor, amateur chef, single parent and - what pays the rent - private detective. Saxon learns that Doll Kane was a mail-order bride, chosen by Nappy from a selection offered him by a rather mysterious "agency." Nappy, convinced she is the perfect wife, is genuinely in love with the young Chinese woman. That he is willing to pay a private detective is an indication of his desperation. Saxon gets a clue to Doll's whereabouts from her one friend in L.A., a Chinese-American cabaret singer. He calls in a couple of favors owed by a police acquaintance and figures out that Nappy "bought" his Doll from an agency in a small town in the northernmost part of the state. The next step is to go there, which is when Saxon's adopted son, Marvel, ann

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Author

Roberts, Les, 1937-

Publisher

New York: St. Martin's Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312104900

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14