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ISBN: 1842430106
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Price: £6.99
Casing: Paperback
Format: B (198 x 129mm)
Extent: 273pp
Rights: UK & Commonwealth excl. Canada
Pub. Date: January 2001

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A hobo at age 16, then a decorated WW2 marine, then a teacher of literature, Willeford had two careers as a writer - in the 50's & 60's, hardboiled pulp in the style of Jim Thompson and then in the eighties the 4 superb Hoke Moseley novels. The first of these - Miami Blues - was made into a film starring William Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Fred Ward.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Hoke Moseley's boss has dumped fifty 'cold cases', old unsolved homicides, on his desk. His ex-wife has dumped his two teenage daughters on his doorstep. His voluptuous partner, Cuban Ellita Sanchez, has been kicked out of her house for immoral goings-on. The Miami police chief is kicking Hoke out of his house for illegal goings-on. Happily, however, the wanton stepmother of the OD'd teenage junkie wants Hoke in her bed. But that could just turn out to be the biggest shocker of all.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"...the master of cynical Florida crime fiction ..." - The Times

"...Better than Hall and Hiaasen and as good as Elmore Leonard at his best ..." - Time Out

"...a crime writers' crime writer lionised by peers such as Elmore Leonard and Lawrence Block ... dangerous indeed, with a bitter humour, black as it comes but also so sweet..." - The Herald

"...No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford...." - Elmore Leonard,