Peerless Detective
Once Billy Fox starts looking for trouble, he discovers that—in Chicago—trouble's under every footstep.Home from the war, Billy Fox leaves Michigan for Chicago, hoping to find his ex-girlfriend, Rita—now another man’s wife. Chicago isn’t a town that takes kindly to strangers, and Billy finds...
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Once Billy Fox starts looking for trouble, he discovers that—in Chicago—trouble's under every footstep.Home from the war, Billy Fox leaves Michigan for Chicago, hoping to find his ex-girlfriend, Rita—now another man’s wife. Chicago isn’t a town that takes kindly to strangers, and Billy finds himself barely scraping by, working odd jobs and living in squalor among convicts
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781626817807 (1626817804)
Publisher: Diversion Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
This is straight realism, and although it's pretty noir-ish, I wouldn't probably put it in the mystery genre. It's literary fiction peopled with detectives and genre themes. I really enjoyed it. If you are looking for a murder mystery, this isn't it, but the characters are very well drawn, and Ralei...