The Left-Handed Dollar
Loren D. Estleman(Author)
Forge (Publisher)
Published on 7. December 2010
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-7653-1954-8 (ISBN)
Description
Joseph Michael Ballista - 'Joey Ballistic' to his mob buddies - knows most of the ways to make an illegal buck, or a 'left-handed dollar'. That's why he's in trouble again. But his crafty lawyer, Lucille Lettermore - 'Lefty Lucy' to just about every prosecutor she's ever humiliated in court - is determined to free him by getting all his previous convictions set aside, beginning with one for attempted murder. She hires Detroit private detective Amos Walker to investigate the old crime. Walker's first problem? The intended victim was investigative reporter Barry Stackpole, Walker's only true friend. Walker's not thrilled to help get his buddy's would-be killer off the hook. But money's money, so he takes the case. It won't be easy. For starters, though Joey's ex-wives grudgingly talk with Walker, he knows they're not levelling with him. And two new murders tied to the case aren't likely to make them chattier. Walker, friendless and desperate for answers, follows a string of leads old and new straight into a war of nerves and bullets in Detroit's seedy, crime-ridden underbelly.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
St Martin's Press
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7653-1954-8 (9780765319548)
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