{"product_id":"9781681990293","title":"Collected Millar: The Tom Aragon Novels: Ask for Me Tomorrow; The Murder of Miranda; Mermaid","description":"By: Margaret Millar   | Series: Collected Millar \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFast talking Tom Aragon, a Mexican-American lawyer turned private investigator, finds himself investigating a trio of missing persons’ cases in the always bizarre California hills.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of Millar’s few reoccurring characters and her only foray into the tradition of Chandler and Hammett, Tom Aragon, ranks among her best creations. A sarcastic but talented young lawyer with a few rough edges, Aragon finds himself navigating one entitled nest of vipers after another, not to mention racial prejudice, in three of Millar’s most unusual stories.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsk for Me Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1976)\u003cbr\u003e Gilda Decker needs a new bag, what with her second husband being suddenly crippled and her ex-husband hiding himself and his money somewhere in the hinterlands of Mexico. Gilda's recently retained lawyer, Tom Aragon, Mexican himself, is the best man for the job. But the deeper Aragon digs into her ex-husband's past the more dangerous his job becomes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Murder of Miranda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1979)\u003cbr\u003e Miranda Shaw and Grady Keaton should have made for a run-of-the-mill scandal at the prestigious Penguin Beach Club. Shaw, a recently widowed woman of fifty, was seen leaving the club with Keaton, a ruggedly handsome lifeguard half her age. When Miranda and Keaton go missing, the widower’s lawyer sends his handiest man to find out where they’ve wandered off to. The clues come one stranger than the next for Tom Aragon in this often-hilarious novel of folly among the California elite. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMermaid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1982)\u003cbr\u003e Cleo Jasper is as beautiful as she is simple-minded—and now, she’s missing. Her doting brother will stop at nothing to find his defenseless sister, who fears the worst. Enter Tom Aragon, who is retained to track her down and return her to safety. Aragon soon realizes that he has once again found himself in over his head when Cleo's friend turns up dead amidst a sea of somewhat dubious suicide notes.","brand":"Soho Syndicate","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46374479102179,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781681990293","price":115.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781681990293.jpg?v=1747523109","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/9781681990293","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}