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Sidewalk Saint

Author: Phillip DePoy   Series: A Foggy Moscowitz mystery

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Amateur sleuth and Child Protective Officer Foggy Moscowitz must find a missing girl with a special gift in this noir mystery set in 1970s Florida.

Florida, 1976. Foggy Moscowitz knows he's having a bad night when he wakes to find a gun pressed to his face. Nelson Roan has busted out of his prison cell and broken into Foggy's house, demanding Foggy finds his eleven-year-old daughter, Etta. But as Foggy searches for Etta, it seems her father is not the only person who wants her found.

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Amateur sleuth and Child Protective Officer Foggy Moscowitz must find a missing girl with a special gift in this noir mystery set in 1970s Florida.

Florida, 1976. Foggy Moscowitz knows he's having a bad night when he wakes to find a gun pressed to his face. Nelson Roan has busted out of his prison cell and broken into Foggy's house, demanding Foggy finds his eleven-year-old daughter, Etta. But as Foggy searches for Etta, it seems her father is not the only person who wants her found.

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Amateur sleuth and Child Protective Officer Foggy Moscowitz must find a missing girl with a special gift in this latest noir mystery set in Florida.

Florida, 1976
. Foggy Moscowitz knows he's having a bad night when he wakes to find a gun pressed to his face. Nelson Roan has busted out of his prison cell and broken into Foggy's house, demanding Foggy finds his eleven-year-old daughter, Etta. But as Foggy searches for Etta, it seems her father is not the only person who wants her found: Canadian mobsters, crazy New York Irishmen, the FBI and even the Seminole elite are all on her trail. But why?

Etta has a special gift - and she knows something that certain people would go to any lengths to make sure stays buried in her memory. As Foggy helps Etta to reveal what she knows, he uncovers a sinister plot with tentacles that stretch further and higher than he could ever have imagined . . .

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Critic Reviews

“"Quirky and thoroughly entertaining"”

Quirky and thoroughly entertaining Booklist
Enjoyable . an effective blend of humor and an original plotline. Readers will hope to see a lot more of Foggy Publishers Weekly
A brisk and wryly funny fourth caper Kirkus Reviews
A fun, twisty book ... DePoy's characters, on both sides of the law, are far from ordinary, which is a large part of the appeal. They are quirky, interesting, capable and surprising -- L.J. Roberts Books are Magic
The third installment of DePoy's franchise, which finds a compelling anchor in its sleuth, crackles with energy and a plot as twisty as a country road Kirkus Reviews on Icepick
Amusing ... colorful fun, with a splash of irreverent wit Publishers Weekly on Icepick
A quirky, moody, and often funny noirish exercise Booklist on Icepick
Combines fast-paced , violent action with dark humor. The atmospheric, open-ended story will appeal to fans of gritty crime drama and David Grann's non-fiction best seller Killers of the Flower Moon Library Journal on Icepick
Packed with humor, philosophical musings, fascinating characters, and his hero's palpable passion for his job Kirkus Reviews on Three Shot Burst

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About the Author

Phillip DePoy is the Edgar award-winning author of fourteen novels, including the Flap Tucker and Fever Devilin series, thirty-seven plays and several works of non-fiction. He has served as artistic director for professional theatre companies and several university theatre programmes.

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Product Details

Publisher
Canongate Books | Severn House
Published
30th November 2020
Pages
288
ISBN
9780727892928

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