Death on the Waterfront
Published on 1. November 2019
263 pages
978-1-78912-915-1 (ISBN)
Description
Death on the Waterfront, first published in 1941, is a gritty noir thriller set on the New York waterfront. A body is discovered whose throat has been pierced by a longshoreman's hook, and the investigation by an assistant district attorney begins, first focused along the city docks and a newly elected union head, then to rich and influential shipping interests and politicians. Robert Archer was the pen name for Robert Vern DeWard (1894-1984), who wrote one other novel under this name.
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PART ONE
- 1. Accident
- 2. Rat
- 3. Stool Pigeon
- 4. Bar
- 5. Hook
- 6. Station House
- 7. Hotel Room
- 8. Penthouse
- 9. Highway
- PART TWO
- 1. Routine
- 2. Library
- 3. Man in the Brown Coat
- 4. Secretary
- PART THREE
- 1. Escape
- 2. Accusations
- 3. Hunches
- 4. Cat House
- 5. Alibis
- 6. Man Hunt
- 7. Drive Home
- PART FOUR
- 1. Strike
- 2. Blind Alleys
- 3. Breaking and Entering
- 4. Locked Room
- PART FIVE
- 1. Bait
- 2. Shots
- 3. Pay-Off
- 4. Postscript
