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MIAMI BLUES.
by WILLEFORD,CHARLES
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New York: St. Martins Press, [1984]., 1984. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket lightly rubbed at spine ends and fore-edges along with two 1/4" closed tears on back panel. Introduces Hoke Moseley. Fresh out of San Quentin, psychopath Freddy Frenger, mugs three men and steals their wallets ... he needs air fare to Miami, supposedly the crime capitol of America and so, the perfect place for Freddy to put down roots. On the plane he looks over the wallets and experiences one of those definitive Willeford moments as he finds himself wondering about their owners. One wallet was eel skin; another was imitation ostrich; and the third was a plain cowhide wallet filled with pictures of children. "Why would any man want to carry around photographs of ugly children in his wallet?" When Freddy lands in Miami, he breaks the finger of a Hare Krishna who made the mistake of shoving a pin into the new leather jacket that Freddy had just bought with one of the stolen credit cards. Behind him on the floor, the Krishna goes into shock and dies .... Enter Hoke Moseley. As Hoke investigates the "murder," he gets closer to Freddy, who is busy wreaking havoc on a city that thought it knew crime.
Synopsis
After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room at the un-illustrious El Dorado Hotel and nurses a glass of brandy. With his guard down, he doesn't think twice when he hears a knock on the door. The next day, he finds himself in the hospital, badly bruised and with his jaw wired shut. He thinks back over ten years of cases wondering who would want to beat him into unconsciousness, steal his gun and badge, and most importantly, make off with his prized dentures. But the pieces never quite add up to revenge, and the few clues he has keep connecting to a dimwitted hooker, and her ex-con boyfriend and the bizarre murder of a Hare Krishna pimp.Chronically depressed, constantly strapped for money, always willing to bend the rules a bit, Hoke Moseley is hardly what you think of as the perfect cop, but he is one of the the greatest detective creations of all time.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18723
- Title
- MIAMI BLUES.
- Author
- WILLEFORD,CHARLES
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- St. Martins Press, [1984].
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
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