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Chris Knopf


Chris Knopf is a principal of Mintz & Hoke, a marketing communications agency. Occasional copywriter and cabinet maker, Knopf lives with his wife, Mary Farrell, and their wheaten terrier, Samuel Beckett, in Connecticut and Southampton, Long Island. He is the author of three other Sam Acquillo novels.

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Bad Bird
Written by Chris Knopf

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35732-8 (0-307-35732-5)

June 7, 2011 | $19.95

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Bad Bird
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307357328
Our Price: $19.95
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Wisecracking Southampton attorney Jackie Swaitkowski returns in another riveting mystery that brings to life an eccentric cast of characters and the darker side of the Hamptons.

Just before Eugenie Conklin's plane took a nosedive, she tossed out a camera case that held an unusual set of photos. Witness to the accident, Jackie...

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Bad Bird
Written by Chris Knopf

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-36697-9 (0-307-36697-9)

June 7, 2011 | $13.99

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Bad Bird
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307366979
Our Price: $13.99


Wisecracking Southampton attorney Jackie Swaitkowski returns in another riveting mystery that brings to life an eccentric cast of characters and the darker side of the Hamptons.

Just before Eugenie Conklin's plane took a nosedive, she tossed out a camera case that held an unusual set of photos. Witness to the accident, Jackie...

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The Last Refuge
Written by Chris Knopf

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-36975-8 (0-307-36975-7)

October 22, 2010 | $13.99

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The Last Refuge
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307369758
Our Price: $13.99


Available in Canada for the first time – a compelling debut from a fresh new voice in crime fiction.

Sam Acquillo’s at the end of the line. A middle-aged corporate dropout living in his dead parents’ ramshackle cottage in the Hamptons, Sam has abandoned his friends, family and a big-time career to...

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Two Time
Written by Chris Knopf

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-36974-1 (0-307-36974-9)

October 22, 2010 | $13.99

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Two Time
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307369741
Our Price: $13.99


Sam Aquillo – ex-boxer, ex-corporate executive and accidental hero of The Last Refuge – is back in this action-packed, page-turning sequel.

All Sam wants to do is hammer a few nails into his ramshackle cottage, drink a great deal of vodka, hang out with his dog, Eddie, and stay out of trouble...

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Head Wounds
Written by Chris Knopf

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-36976-5 (0-307-36976-5)

August 13, 2010 | $13.99

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Head Wounds
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307369765
Our Price: $13.99


Sam Acquillo can hide in his windswept waterfront cottage all he wants, but the demons of his past are going to find him. Worse, they've teamed up with some pretty nasty demons of the present, including a very determined Chief of Police whose top detective has Sam caught in the crosshairs...

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Short Squeeze
Written by Chris Knopf

Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35730-4 (0-307-35730-9)

June 1, 2010 | $19.95

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Short Squeeze
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307357304
Our Price: $19.95
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Chris Knopf has been praised for his humour and broad knowledge of Hamptons life. Now, in this new series, he brings a smart-aleck Southampton attorney to centre stage. A Vintage Canada trade paperback original.

Jackie Swaitkowski's business relies on the constant movement of the Hamptons' real estate market. After making an odd...

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Short Squeeze
Written by Chris Knopf

eBook | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-37423-3 (0-307-37423-8)

June 1, 2010 | $13.99

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Short Squeeze
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307374233
Our Price: $13.99


Chris Knopf has been praised for his humour and broad knowledge of Hamptons life. Now, in this new series, he brings a smart-aleck Southampton attorney to centre stage. A Vintage Canada trade paperback original.

Jackie Swaitkowski's business relies on the constant movement of the Hamptons' real estate market. After making an odd...

Also available as a trade paperback.

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Hard Stop
Written by Chris Knopf

Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35753-3 (0-307-35753-8)

May 18, 2010 | $19.95

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Hard Stop
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307357533
Our Price: $19.95
   Quantity: 1 


In this, the fourth installment in the Sam Acquillo series, Sam’s past reaches out to pull him back into the world of big money and even bigger egos, where the term “corporate intrigue” is redundant and ambition the only virtue. It seems a woman vital to the private life of a...

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Hard Stop
Written by Chris Knopf

eBook | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-37419-6 (0-307-37419-X)

May 18, 2010 | $13.99

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Hard Stop
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307374196
Our Price: $13.99


In this, the fourth installment in the Sam Acquillo series, Sam’s past reaches out to pull him back into the world of big money and even bigger egos, where the term “corporate intrigue” is redundant and ambition the only virtue. It seems a woman vital to the private life of a...

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Head Wounds
Written by Chris Knopf

Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35659-8 (0-307-35659-0)

March 24, 2009 | $17.95

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Head Wounds
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307356598
Our Price: $17.95
   Quantity: 1 


Sam Acquillo can hide in his windswept waterfront cottage all he wants, but the demons of his past are going to find him. Worse, they've teamed up with some pretty nasty demons of the present, including a very determined Chief of Police whose top detective has Sam caught in the crosshairs...

Also available as an eBook.

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Two Time
Written by Chris Knopf

Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-679-31451-6 (0-679-31451-2)

May 1, 2007 | $17.95

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Two Time
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780679314516
Our Price: $17.95
   Quantity: 1 


Sam Aquillo – ex-boxer, ex-corporate executive and accidental hero of The Last Refuge – is back in this action-packed, page-turning sequel.

All Sam wants to do is hammer a few nails into his ramshackle cottage, drink a great deal of vodka, hang out with his dog, Eddie, and stay out of trouble...

Also available as an eBook.

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The Last Refuge
Written by Chris Knopf

Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-679-31449-3 (0-679-31449-0)

June 13, 2006 | $17.95

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The Last Refuge
Written by Chris Knopf

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780679314493
Our Price: $17.95
   Quantity: 1 


Available in Canada for the first time – a compelling debut from a fresh new voice in crime fiction.

Sam Acquillo’s at the end of the line. A middle-aged corporate dropout living in his dead parents’ ramshackle cottage in the Hamptons, Sam has abandoned his friends, family and a big-time career to...

Also available as an eBook.

              
              



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