When Reuben Frost's old firm is faced with murder, the Wall Street legend comes out of retirement to find the killerNo one on Park Avenue can hail a taxi quite like Graham Donovan. He stands outside his apartment building, arm outstretched like a true master of the universe. Today, he rides downtown with the Wall Street Journal on his lap, his mind preoccupied by rumors that his venerable Wall Street law firm, Chase & Ward, is about to be accused ...

During a weekend in the country, Reuben Frost investigates the murder of a frozen-food king who got himself into hot waterReuben Frost misses a lot of things about life as a corporate lawyer, but working for Andersen Foods Corporation is not one of them. A vast international enterprise, AFC has made millions pumping out cheap, inoffensive food. But Reuben Frost, a titan of Wall Street, is simply not the TV-dinner type. Unfortunately, even after retiring from the re...

The murder of an eccentric millionaire presents a deadly puzzle for Reuben FrostWhen Tobias Vandermeer, heir to one of New York's great real estate fortunes, required a quiet divorce, there was no lawyer more equipped than Reuben Frost. A cheerful drunk with a knack for jazz piano, Vandermeer and Frost remained friends—right up until the day the former drops dead in the midst of a reading club dinner. The poison found in his bloodstream makes Vandermeer's death a m...

During an Italian getaway, Reuben Frost tracks a historically minded murdererThe sun shines bright on the canals of Venice, and in his seat in the motoscafo, Reuben Frost can't think of anywhere he'd rather be. For more than two decades, Frost and his wife have made an autumn pilgrimage to the Bride of the Sea, and he credits the city's restorative effects with helping him survive long into retirement. As always, the couple stays in the legendary Hotel Cip...

A not-so-anonymous victim sends Reuben Frost on a chase to catch a high-tech killerThe girl is found lying beside the East River, strangled. She's in her late twenties—so why was she carrying a fake ID? The case should have nothing to do with Reuben Frost, legendary retired Wall Street lawyer, but Frost has never been known to mind his own business. Not to mention, his wife, Cynthia, has been slowed down by arthritis, and his social calendar is barren for the first ...

When his godson is pushed out of a window, Reuben Frost looks for a killer who's trying to rewrite historyReuben Frost waits patiently for his turn to purchase the tickets that will allow him to get his hands on a weak martini. Though wary of his fellow guests at the annual charity dinner, the brilliant lawyer, recently put out to pasture by his white-shoe firm, will endure his watered-down drink for the sake of his godson. David Rowan is a rising star in the publi...

A death at the ballet draws Reuben Frost into a backstage conspiracyWhile striding down Fifth Avenue, reveling in the beauty of the city, Reuben Frost loses his footing—and is caught by a ballerina. Hailey Coles is a slip of a girl, but her firm grip keeps the retired lawyer from crashing down to earth. Soon, Frost will have a chance to return the favor. When the stage of the National Ballet is darkened by murder, only he can ensure that the show will go on.

To save his old firm, Reuben Frost must find a killer in the heart of Hell's KitchenIt's the last business day of the year and Tom Henderson is alone in the library of prominent Wall Street law firm Chase & Ward. He'll be out the door as soon as he grabs one last volume of case law from the sleek compact shelving system recently installed in the firm's new Clinton Plaza building. But when the shelves slide open, they reveal the mangled body of a senior associate ly...

The girl is found beside the East River, strangled. She's in her late twenties-so why was she carrying a fake ID? The case should have nothing to do with Reuben Frost, retired Wall Street lawyer, but Frost has never been known to mind his own business. Not to mention, his wife, Cynthia, has been slowed down by arthritis, and his social calendar is barren for the first time in decades. It's the perfect time to find a murderer. The victim is Marina Courtland, and working alongside his dear f...

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Collected for the first time, the New York stories of John O'Hara, "among the greatest short story writers in English, or in any other language" (Brendan Gill, Here at The New Yorker)Collected for the first time, here are the New York stories of one of the twentieth century’s definitive chroniclers of the city—the speakeasies and highballs, social climbers and cinema stars, mistresses and powerbrokers, unsparingly observed by a popular American master of r...

"Beautifully written and unexpectedly moving . . . . [Baldwin] is a highly literate and fluent writer." —New York TimesOver the past three decades, Alec Baldwin has established himself as one of Hollywood's most gifted, hilarious, and controversial leading men. From his work in popular movies, including Beetlejuice, Working Girl, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Cooler, and Martin Scorsese's The Departed to his role as Jack Donag...