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New Hope for the Dead
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
New Hope for the Dead
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Charles Willeford
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:273 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | True Crime Crime and mystery |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781842430101
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Classifications | Dewey:813.54 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Oldcastle Books Ltd
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Imprint |
No Exit Press
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Publication Date |
18 January 2001 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Author Biography
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, with the hardboiled pulp in the style of Jim Thompson and then in the eighties with the four superb Hoke Moseley novels. The first of these - Miami Blues - was made into a film starring William Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Fred Ward, and Woman Chaser is soon to be a major movie starring William Warburton.
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