City of Dark Corners: A Novel

Author:   Jon Talton
Publisher:   Sourcebooks, Inc
ISBN:  

9781464213250


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   11 June 2021
Format:   Paperback
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City of Dark Corners: A Novel


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"Phoenix, Arizona, 1933- A private investigator must uncover the dark corners of a bright, young city with big dreams A fresh take on classic noir, City of Dark Corners reveals the seedy underbelly of the budding city of Phoenix in the 1930s and the lengths one man will go to uphold justice no matter the cost. Phoenix, 1933- A young city with big dreams and dark corners Great War veteran and rising star Gene Hammons lost his job as a homicide detective when he tried to prove that a woman was wrongly convicted of murder to protect a well-connected man. Now a private investigator, Hammons makes his living looking for missing persons-a plentiful caseload during the Great Depression, when people seem to disappear all the time. But his routine is disrupted when his brother-another homicide detective, still on the force-enlists his help looking into the death of a young woman whose dismembered body is found beside the railroad tracks. The sheriff rules it an accident, but the carnage is too neat, and the staging of the body parts too ritual. Hammons suspects it's the work of a ""lust murderer""-similar to the serial strangler whose killing spree he had ended a few years earlier. But who was the poor girl, dressed demurely in pink? And why was his business card tucked into her small purse? As Hammons searches for the victim's identity, he discovers that the dead girl had some secrets of her own, and that the case is connected to some of Phoenix's most powerful citizens-on both sides of the law. Perfect for fans of David Baldacci and historical mysteries, City of Dark Corners puts readers at the heart of the fear and uncertainty of the Great Depression and the lawlessness of America during prohibition."

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Author:   Jon Talton
Publisher:   Sourcebooks, Inc
Imprint:   Poisoned Pen Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.30cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.70cm
Weight:   0.270kg
ISBN:  

9781464213250


ISBN 10:   1464213259
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   11 June 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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References to movie actors and other celebrities of the day, as well as speakeasies and bootleggers, lend atmosphere to this well-crafted tale involving desperate people who could easily disappear. - Publishers Weekly


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JON TALTON, a fourth-generation Arizonan, is the author of twelve novels and one work of history. A veteran journalist, he also writes the Phoenix-centric blog, Rogue Columnist. He lives in Seattle and Phoenix.

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