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So, it takes place in New York City, circa 1940.
Private dick (aka, detective) Errol Black, aka, Eezy, is sitting in his office when the lovely Claudia comes in and hires him to follow her no-good fiance, George Ferriby, who she thinks is stepping out on her. Why, that awful man! But wait! Then, there's a redhead, and her name is Marlow. Hmm ... sound familiar? Anyhow, Marlow says she's Claudia's sister -- well, not really her blood sister, but her best friend in the whole world.
So ... whilst this is going on there are these other guys doing stuff. (BTW, do you like that word? Whilst? Because you're going to see it a lot. :)) In fact, there's a fat man known as the Coward. Or the Portly Gangster. Maybe. He has a kid with a gun working for him. And it seems a dame is associated with them. I won't say who. Does this sound at all familiar? They want to meet Black up in Woodstock. And hold a concert? Of course not. They want to find something. And it's not the Maltese Falcon, believe it or not.
And somehow this all relates to the murder of Dyke Spanner, Black's former partner at The Shadow Man Detective Agency which died with Terry Shadow (accidentally) in a Mob hit on Arthur Flegenheimer five years before.
Plus the Tong, aka, the Chinese mafia, are all mixed up in this, too.
Oh, did I mention the plot is a bit complex? Maybe you've already sussed that out.
Suffice it to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
To read the entire review, see: http://thebookgrrl.blogspot.com/2011/05/hardboiled-detective-is-on-case-in.html… (mer)