The Old Dick

ISBN: 0380783290

Author: L. A. Morse

Condition: Used

WINNER OF THE EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL.
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Retired private eye Jake Spanner may have gotten old, but he hasnt gone soft. When an old gangster Jake put away some forty years ago shows up at his door, its time for Jake to grab his hat and Browning automatic and get back to work.

Old? Sure. Slower to catch his breath? Maybe. But, sharp as a tack and with a lifetime of investigating know-how, Jake Spanner has nothing to lose and everything to prove. Sniffing out leads between Sunset Boulevard and the Hollywood Hills, Jake pulls in old friends to help. The work is hard; its gritty. So is Jake. And, with a three quarters of a million dollars ransom at stake, the bad guys dont stand a chance.

With THE OLD DICK, author L.A. Morse creates a new kind of hero, one that laughs at death not because hes too young to understand it, but because its right around the corner. Its time to face it head on and maybe go out swinging.