Synopsis
With a healthy dose of black humor, A Tight Lie takes the reader on a roller coaster ride through the world of professional golf at the middle of the player's pack, the topless bar scene in LA, and high stakes sports agenting—and everyone has their secre
Publishers Weekly
Golf fans will probably best appreciate Dahler's debut, narrated by pro golfer Huck Doyle, a nonpracticing attorney who works as a PI in Los Angeles. When someone bludgeons aspiring actress Holly Ann Cramer with a cappuccino machine, then stabs her in the heart six times, Holly's boyfriend, Joniel Baker, a star African-American baseball player, becomes the prime suspect. Huck, a friend of Joniel's, undertakes to exonerate the accused, even after a second body surfaces that bears traces of the athlete's DNA. Huck enlists the help of a motley group of allies, ranging from an attractive female medical examiner to his father, a former LAPD cop. Some infelicitous prose ("His voice was low, like a shift in the tectonic plates") and a familiar planted-evidence plot device ensure that no one will mistake this caper for a Dick Francis outing. Still, many will enjoy the company of the garrulous Huck with his passion for golf and eye for the telling social or cultural detail. (Mar.)
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