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Miami blues

Charles Ray Willeford

1984191 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1984
first published
  • 1984St. Martin's Press · 191 pages · ENGISBN 9780312531713
  • 1985Macdonald · 191 pages · ENGISBN 9780356109015
  • 1985Futura · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9780708827642
  • 1985Ballantine Books · 213 pages · ENGISBN 9780345320162
  • 1996No Exit · 213 pages · ENGISBN 9781874061564
  • 2012Penguin Books · 246 pages · ENGISBN 9780141199016
  • 2001No Exit Press · 213 pagesISBN 9781842430095
  • 1995Dell · ENGISBN 9780440218838

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.

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AtmosphereNoir

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Plot intensityEventful

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ThemesJustice

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