Coney Island (Cy) Bombay is working as a carney in the
Midwest when he first meets Veronica Gale, a young woman
doing research on her master's thesis about transient
lifestyles. Little does Ronnie know that Cy has a PhD in
philosophy and also "eliminates" bad people. Cy's family
is in the generations-old business of assassinating evil
people, beginning their training at age five.
Later, when Cy arrives in Mongolia to join in the Naadam
Festival to train and compete in wrestling, he finds Ronnie
is also there doing more research. This meeting eventually
begins a surprising and hot affair between the two. Since
Cy has been contracted to eliminate Arje Dekker, a Dutch
mercenary also attending the festival, Ronnie's friendship
with Arje makes it difficult for Cy to complete his
assignment. Surmising that he is being stalked by Cy,
Dekker renders him unconscious and kidnaps Ronnie. Taking
the family jet, Cy pursues them. After a knock-down drag-
out confrontation, Cy whisks Dekker off to the family's
private island of Santa Merta, while Ronnie returns home.
Having gotten tired of the family business, Cy, along with
his cousins, conspire against the elders, forcing them into
retirement and taking up new private lives. Cy can't get
Ronnie out of his blood, so he decides to come clean about
his past with the hope she can reciprocate his love.
Leslie Langtry writes a fast and exciting story
that's full of mystery and humor. Her writing is extremely
clever and certainly keeps the reader's interest. Once you
start this book, you won't be able to put it down until the
last page is read. I couldn't wait to see what the next
page would bring and what new and interesting characters
she would conjure up. This is the first novel I have read
by Ms. Langtry, but it will certainly not be the last! If
you like lots of excitement, this is the book for you.
Coney Bombay is one hot assassin with an Ivy League PhD
who
travels the world operating carnival rides. He also likes
to
knit and has a pet guinea pig named Sartre. Even in his
wild family of killers, Cy stands out. But after a series
of
run-ins with perennial grad student Veronica Gale, the
cool
cat is starting to feel a little hot under the collar.
In her research, Ronnie Gale has seen a lot. Problem is,
she
hasn’t actually done a lot. The mysterious Cy Bombay
seems
about to change all that with a whirlwind adventure that
will take them from a small-town county fair to the outer
reaches of Mongolia. But when love is on the line and
there’s a murder to be solved, will Ronnie really be
willing
to climb out of the ivory tower and get a little down and
dirty?
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