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Sturges's characters live in a world where right and wrong is a fine line, a line often crossed by our hero, Dick Henry, who knows that the shortest answer to many problems may not always be legal.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50216678424849,"sku":"CIN1439194173G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B009XQNJ0U.jpg?v=1751241612"},{"product_id":"tribulations-of-the-shortcut-man-a-novel-book-pg-sturges-9781439194225","title":"Tribulations of the Shortcut Man: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a writer described as a worthy successor to Raymond Chandler (Michael Connelly), the follow-up to \u003ci\u003eShortcut Man\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring Dick Henry in a rousing tale of sin and salvation in the City of Angels.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDick Henry is the Shortcut Man, assisting people with their sticky situations in the belief that the shortest answer to many problems may not always be legal.\u003c\/b\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTribulations of the Shortcut Man\u003c\/i\u003e, he reluctantly provides assistance to an old girlfriend, pole dancer Pussy Grace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Pussy's boyfriend, rich and famous developer and septuagenarian Art Lewis, has inexplicably cut off communication with her, Dick and Puss enter Lewis's mansion disguised as gas company employees to investigate. Everything quickly goes downhill. Dick and Puss flee, leaving the very dead Art Lewis behind. Dick anticipates arrest until news breaks the next morning: Art Lewis has just gotten married and is now enjoying his honeymoon. Realizing a conspiracy is afoot, Dick must navigate his way through the underbelly of Los Angeles and a motley crew of miscreants in pursuit of justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with enough dark humor and shady characters to satisfy the most rabid noir fan (Associated Press), p.g. sturges's Shortcut Man series is hard-boiled crime at its best.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50381997342993,"sku":"CIN143919422XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52691998245137,"sku":"NLS9781439194225","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52999814381841,"sku":"NIN9781439194225","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/143919422X.jpg?v=1750795761"},{"product_id":"angel-s-gate-book-pg-sturges-9781476714660","title":"Angel's Gate","description":"The latest novel in the acclaimed Shortcut Man series is a rousing tale of sex, sleaze, and salvation in the City of Angels that’s “filled with enough dark humor and shady characters to satisfy the most rabid noir fan” (Associated Press).   Our hero Dick Henry—aka the Shortcut Man—becomes involved in a case featuring an aging but still amorous Los Angeles movie mogul named Howard Hogue who keeps a stable of young starlets available for his highly ritualized attentions. Retained by the sister of a young woman who has gone missing, Henry becomes friendly with Connie Cielo, the “housemother” to the starlets. Despite Connie’s morally questionable responsibilities, she is willing to help (and enjoy the company of) the Shortcut Man.    After Hogue’s star director assaults one of these women in a drug-fueled romp, Henry is drawn into a deeper mystery from years past involving a mysterious death on a boat and a missing screenplay written by what appears to be a homeless man. As he peels back layer upon layer of sordid Hollywood history, Dick Henry must contend with crazed drug dealers, Hogue’s personal doctor, crooked cops, private security henchmen, and Hogue himself—who is so powerful and bunkered in his movie-biz millions that he is unfazed by the resourceful Henry.    A wry and rollicking read, Vexations of the Shortcut Man proves that p.g. sturges is “one of the cleverest and funniest new writers to grace the mystery genre in quite some time” (BookPage.com).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52432049242385,"sku":"NLS9781476714660","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52750410776849,"sku":"NIN9781476714660","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781476714660.jpg?v=1759174280"},{"product_id":"angel-s-gate-book-pg-sturges-9781476712970","title":"Angel's Gate","description":"Synopsis coming soon.......","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53078138913041,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53078139339025,"sku":"CIN1476712972G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781476712970.jpg?v=1769800786"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-pg-sturges.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}