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A Long Walk up the Water Slide

The Neal Carey Mysteries, Book 4

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A Long Walk up the Water Slide

By: Don Winslow
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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Neal Carey has to keep the mob, the FBI, and a major television personality from killing his newest client—but he’s tempted to do the job himself.

Sometime student and ever-reluctant detective Neal Carey would rather be finishing a dull doctoral thesis than staring down the nose of a loaded gun—but his new assignment doesn’t sound dangerous. All he has to do is pull off the ultimate makeover: turn Polly Paget—a gum-chewing, foul-mouthed, big-haired broad—into a perfect lady in time to testify in a rape case against Jack Landis, head of the Family Cable Network and America’s most beloved family man. But Polly isn’t cooperating, and everyone—including a former FBI agent, an obsessive-compulsive hit man, the Mafia, a porn prince, and a slew of tabloid reporters—is on her trail, turning Neal’s “simple” assignment into a deadly game of duck-duck-goose.

In a hellish and hilarious escapade that takes him from the deserts of Nevada to the bright lights of Las Vegas and finally to a hair-raising climax in a shoddily built amusement park, Neal tries to escape the mob’s big guns while taking a slippery walk up the world’s biggest water slide.

©1994 Don Winslow (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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“Elmore Leonard meets Professor Higgins in Winslow’s latest high-spirited Neal Carey caper…Winslow’s dialogue zips along as smartly as the action.” ( Publishers Weekly)

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Always a good listen....

I really enjoyed all the mafia characters
in this book. The narrator was spot on as always. I think the author had a wonderful storyline and solid main characters. Very enjoyable book.

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Story a little hard to follow

I love this series but his particular book had a complex plot, as well as complex relationships between the characters. There were many times when I had to hit the back button to find out who someone was, or how they were maneuvered into various quandaries. As usual, the narration was excellent, and overall, I liked he book a lot. Just a little harder to follow than the rest of he books in the series.

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Don’t miss the fun ride

Love the humor and how all the characters are so definitive and colorful. The Carey series is a wonderful diversion. The narrator is perfect. Joe Barrett is one of the best! Please keep writing Don Winslow!

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Clever writing & entertaining story

Enjoy this writing style- the phrasing word choice and story construction.
Performance is truly exceptional

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Really interesting and surprising novel

I'm just now getting into Don Winslow books. This one is so surprising. It wasn't until nearly the end, like the last 10 minutes that meaning of the title is clear.

Recommend it as being worth the time and cost.

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Worth a listen!!

Another great story with Neal Carey. Love the performance. Don Winslow is great and I recommend every Neal Carey book!

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Entertaining

Very entertaining. Kept me interested. Well written and read. Characters are fun. Cross between jimmy swaggart and Tammy Faye baker

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A fun romp!

Another wonderful book from this author that caused me to do belly laughs on a regular basis. The story was fun and what more could you ask?

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Best of the Series

Will definitely listen to it again. wonder why it was never made into a movie--probably because it skewers fundamentalists. Very funny book--laugh out loud funny. Narration was excellant.

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So fun ti listen ro!!!

I must say, I found I got pretty embarrassed listening to this book. The reason? I was listening to it out in public and I could not quit laughing!! I'm hooked to this series. I really love how Don Winslow mind works. Just a single comment about a person's hair and I find myself laughing out loud. Writers who can tell me a great story and make me laugh too are my fav!! Of course, it's the perfect pairing of writer and narrator that makes it perfect!

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