A Time of Predators by Joe Gores
The gang was restless, just looking for idle fun. They roughed up a man they thought was a homosexual - but their game got out of hand and their victim was blinded. It was Paula Halstead's bad luck to witness the attack and catch a glimpse of one of the boys. After they got through with her, she killed herself. The police have no leads and can't find the culprits. Paula's husband hires a private investigator to do what the police haven't been able to-but the PI has no success. Curt Halstead refuses to give up; he will have his vengeance on the men who raped and tortured his wife, even if it means entering into their world of sex, violence, and murder.
Joe Gores (1931-2011) won Edgar Awards in three separate categories: Best First Novel, Best Short Story, and Best TV Series Segment. His many day jobs included truck driver, bodybuilding instructor, carny, and English teacher at a boys' school in Kenya as well as a dozen years as a private investigator in the San Francisco area. His work repossessing cars provided grist for the mill of his DKA series, making them -- in the words of Ellery Queen -- [as] authentic as a fist in your face. Critics have compared Gores to Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Erle Stanley Gardner -- and to Dashiell Hammett.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780765310514 |
| ISBN 10 | 0765310511 |
| Title | A Time of Predators |
| Author | Joe Gores |
| Series | Otto Penzler Presents- Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2005-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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