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Flight of the Crow: A Tony Crow private detective mystery (Tony Crow Private Investigator mystery Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Howard Schwartz (Author), Margaret Schwartz (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

4.2 2,259 ratings

Book 1 of 7: Tony Crow Private Investigator mystery Series

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When an on-duty injury forces Tony Crow into early retirement, the former cop starts over as a private eye. His first job should be a piece of cake — but as Tony works to locate a vanished woman, he’ll face a daunting set of obstacles in this sharply drawn tale.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00MXOPF2Y
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Howard A Schwartz; 1st edition (August 21, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 21, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 369 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 277 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #269,231 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #978 in Mystery Series
- #2,179 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #2,419 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Kindle Store)

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Howard Schwartz currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Margaret and their dog Flash. They moved to Austin in 2010 from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Howard's love of books began early, when he was still in grade school. He enjoyed the way a good novel could sweep him away from reality, even if it was just for a short period. Because of a busy work schedule he never had enough time to spend writing until an unfortunate illness forced him into an early retirement. Instead of getting depressed, he decided that when fate hands you a lemon...

He now has seven published novels, "Flight of the Crow", "Eye of the Crow," "Stalking the Crow", Instincts of a Crow", "Luck of the Crow", "Night of the Crow" and "Revenge of the Crow"

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Freya T

A quick enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018

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Hats off to Howard Schwartz. There was one trick I caught immediately because I had my first intrusion in 40 years no less by a lifelock service breach. So my raw burn left me feeling Tony was a little bumbling for this age. But quite frankly hate off it plays well as Tony embarks into his new world. I enjoyed the characters.. Fell in love with cuddly Don and want to hug Max. This is a !ight hearted PI crime story that is salted with just a little tragedy. Did you have to? I won't say more or i will be doing spoilers. For those of you that like these books dive in!

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T-master

A fairly good read

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2023

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The book was well written and the characters were likable. The story flowed reasonably well with only a few bumpy parts. The reason for the 4 stars is the stupidity of the main character. The guy was prior military and a cop. How could he be stupid enough to just give his phone to a total stranger, watch him walk away with it and then not figure things out. I knew as soon as the guy took the phone that there would be problems. There were so many other such instances but won't go into them and ruin the plot. Other than that, it was entertaining. I hope he gets smarter in the rest of the series.

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Bonnye Reed Fry

An intriguing P.I. series

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2024

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I received an electronic copy of the first of this private eye series from DigitalBookSpot and the author, Howard A. and Margaret Schwartz. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read Flight of the Crow of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work. I am excited to add Howard Schwartz to my preferred authors. The Schwartz family writes a tight mystery with personable characters and classic bad guys. This is a series I will binge on, and treasure. Available at reasonable rates, or on Kindle Unlimited at this time.

Set in cold and wet Duluth, Minnesota, the northern part of the state near the Canadian border, the State of Wisconsin, and the Thumb of Michigan, and a major port on Lake Superior, Tony Crow has his work set out for him in this first of a series of 7 private eye mysteries. Tony is a sweetie, recently medically retired from the local police following life-altering on-the-job gunshot wounds after nine years of faithful service. Tony lives alone with his little dog Max, a Wire Fox Terrier. He is 4 years divorced from his ex-wife Amanda and the father of nine-year-old son Matthew, of whom he has custody every other weekend. After months of PT and sporting a wicked cane, Tony sets himself up as a private investigator after hiring his friend Don Hanson as his assistant and 50-year-old Shelley Hatcher as his receptionist. Unexpectedly his first case is received almost immediately, with a high-profile client - the Lt. Governor of the State of Minnesota - so they are all tickled and very busy from the git-go. But not tickled for long...

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Smokey

Promising First in a Series, but Room for Improvement

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2017

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This novel is the first in a series featuring Tony Crow, who, after recovering from wounds received as a police officer, opens a private investigation firm when it becomes apparent he will not be able to return to the job he held with the force. Crow is divorced, has a grade school son, who lives with his ex-wife, and would like to see his family together again. He is hired to find the former mistress of a rich, prominent man, and he agrees to sign a confidentiality agreement about the case and the identity of his client. He hires a long time friend, who is well equipped to act as his assistant and "muscle", to work for this new agency.

The novel shows promise for more polished sequels, and I will certainly read the next book in the series.

There are, however, some areas in which I hope future books are improved.

First, I hope the characters will be more fully developed and better rounded. Crow is the most developed character, but is not a strong enough character to hold a longer series together, that is, he is no Bosch or Delaware, or Elvis Cole. His strong man side kick is no Joe Pike or Hawk.

Second, Crow seemed much too naive to have any real police experience. For example, it takes him awhile to finally figure out that someone must have a way of tracing his whereabouts. (Having two law enforcement employed relatives who are suspicious if someone says "Good morning" too soon, I found Crow's lack of awareness disconcerting.)

And, finally, this book would have benefited from better proofing. One of the most glaring error, "...the firm he was funding produced a drug that caused infidelity in women...." is actually pretty amusing. I believe the author probably meant "infertility" not "infidelity", and if he didn't., I am very confused.

A good start for a series I hope becomes better. The basic characters are likable and the writing, in general, sound.

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Flight of the Crow: A Tony Crow Mystery Series, Book 1

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2023

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Wonderful realistic characters and very descriptive scenery. A believable story line, that could have come from news headlines. Looking forward to the next book in this series. Recommend!

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2014

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I find it difficult to believe that this was the authors first published book. I enjoyed it very much. A real strength of the book was the character development. It made me feel like I actually knew the characters in a personal way. This was helpful as the story developed and progressed. The author seemed to have done a great deal of research on such topics as World War II, White Supremacy, eugenics, up-to-date technology and political practices. Knowing the characters made it feel like I was present at each event and this brought out strong feeling towards people as the story progressed. Crow does the best he can each day with physical ailments,a broken marriage, while at the same time keeping in touch with many of his old friends. I found myself getting personally involved and angry with people of privilege who abuse their power to get ahead in business and politics. Tony Crow's character is like someone we all come across in life sooner or friends. I loved the clever one liners Crow would use to lighten the mood. If you are from Minneapolis or Austin, you'll be impressed with the background where many suspenseful events take place. Can you tell I enjoyed this book? I am already looking forward to reading future exploits about Tony Crow and his friends.

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Marie

This seems to be the start of a good series

Reviewed in Canada on October 11, 2017

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Out of curiosity for this first book in what I thought might be a good story I I opened it to see whether I would like the writing style and if I would like to read it. Before I realized it I was halfway through the story. I just had to know the rest of it. This is a book that was hard to put down.
I am looking forward to read the next one by this author

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jack scoltock

Great read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2018

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Ditto, the infidelity word wrongly used.
Howard writes very well- move slightly over- Harlan Coben.
Excellent read- fix that glaring typo, Howard- chapter 27.
All the best,
Jack

Jean

New P.I. I like you

Reviewed in Australia on October 25, 2019

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Tony Crow, New Private Eye, well I really enjoyed this new hero, storyline is very good, characters are exceptional and can't wait to see where this new P.I. business goes and if the main characters grow along with new storylines. Well done Mr Schwartz, well written

Amazon Customer Lindy

Great Book

Reviewed in Canada on March 22, 2020

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Good characters & story plot. There were a few surprises; but some were predictable. I liked Tony Crow & his muscle, Don and Secretary. They were both smart and believable. Thank you for the GREAT read. Looking forward to the 2nd book.

Charles

annoying

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2018

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I liked the story and the characters although they were a familiar combination from else where. I did shout at the book a couple of times because our lead even after nine years of being a cop did not understand the implications GPS tracking or as a self employed gumshoe that he needed to keep receipts for claiming expenses and presumable his tax.

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