Summary
A timeless classic from one of crime fiction’s most iconic authors.
Milo Milodragovitch is a once-successful divorce lawyer, who now prefers to spend his days drinking and staring out the window. That all changes when Helen Duffy walks into his office and asks him to find her missing brother.
Though it’s not his usual line of work, Milo agrees to help - he needs the money, and he wants to spend more time with this beautiful woman. But this is far from a routine case, and whisp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784161941 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784161942 |
| Author: | James Crumley |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 24mm |
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An exceptionally good example of the private-eye novel. Crumley writes about damaged people seen through a haze of jaded romanticism
An exceptionally good example of the private-eye novel. Crumley writes about damaged people seen through a haze of jaded romanticism * Newsweek *
If you like your detective fiction tough and tenacious, you will love James Crumley… No one does it better * Houston Chronicle *
About The Author
James Crumley
James Crumley was born in Three Rivers, Texas and spent most of his childhood in South Texas. He served three years in the US Army before teaching at University of Texas at El Paso, University of Montana and University of Arkansas. He passed away in 2008. His private eye novels featuring Milo Milodragovitch and C. W. Sughrue are regarded as masterpieces of contemporary crime fiction, praised by Dennis Lehane, Ian Rankin and George Pelecanos. He was awarded the Dashiell Hammett Award for Best Literary Crime Novel and the CWA Silver Dagger Award.
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