Charles Ray Willeford

Losing his gun, his badge, and his dentures after a brutal beating by an unknown assailant in his own home, an indignant Hoke Moseley, a veteran Miami homicide detective, finally realizes who is responsible for the assault and determines to bring them down. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Miami Blues

He Holed Up With a Helpless Lush Prowling the grimy streets of San Francisco low-life, Helen is a beautiful, sensuous drunk - and a pathetically easy pick-up. Harry just wants to help, but before long he and Helen are both adrift in a sea of alcohol - until Harry conceives the ultimate crime... First published 1954.

Pick-up

Four swinging single men--ex-cop Larry Doleman, pilot Eddie Miller, salesman Don Luchessi, and drug company rep Hank Norman--find their lifestyles catching up with them when Hank's quest for a quick date lands him in the shark-infested dark side of a murder. Reprint.

A Novel

The Shark-infested Custard

Cockfighter

The Difference

I was looking for a street

Kiss Your Ass Good-bye

Yanık portakal

Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley is called to a posh Miami neighborhood to investigate a lethal overdose. There he meets the alluring stepmother of the decedant, and begins to wonder about dating a witness. Meanwile, he has been threatened with suspension by his ambitious new chief unless he leaves his beloved, if squalid, suite at the El Dorado Hotel, and moves downtown. With free housing hard to come by, Hoke is desperate to find a new place to live. His difficulties are only amplified by an assignment to re-investigate fifty unsolved murders, the unexpected arrival of his two teenage daughters, and a partner struggling with an unwanted pregnancy. With few options and even fewer dollars, he decides that the suspicious and beautiful stepmother of the dead junkie might be a compromised solution to all of his problems. <BR>Packed with atmosphere and humor, New Hope for the Dead\" is a classic murder mystery by one of the true masters of the genre. Now back in print, Charles Willeford\'s tour deforce is an irresistible invitation to become acquainted with one of the greatest detective characters of all time.

Charles Ray Willeford

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