"A mini-masterpiece...this book is really something special," Paperback Warrior It's 1957. Lester "Red" Dolsan is a former first baseman, now a talent scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, who is haunted by the suicide of his alcoholic wife...and the discovery that he may have fathered a child in a one-night stand with a lonely, concentration camp survivor with a fake name. His search for the child, and his former lover, leads him into a nightmare of crime, violence and betrayal, with a fortune hanging in the balance. "Turner ...
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"A mini-masterpiece...this book is really something special," Paperback Warrior It's 1957. Lester "Red" Dolsan is a former first baseman, now a talent scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, who is haunted by the suicide of his alcoholic wife...and the discovery that he may have fathered a child in a one-night stand with a lonely, concentration camp survivor with a fake name. His search for the child, and his former lover, leads him into a nightmare of crime, violence and betrayal, with a fortune hanging in the balance. "Turner spins this out neatly, peopling it with bit players who come alive on the page [including] one of the most engaging, mysterious ladies I've ever come across in crime fiction." Dan Stumpf, Mystery File " Lacy is an awesome writer, and his dialogue is among the best of that era. Dolsan is a tough, hardboiled knight-errant with a heart of gold. You'll really enjoy spending time with this character. In fact, all the characters are vividly-drawn and endlessly-interesting." Paperback Warrior "Taut, sexy. Combines elements of Spillane and Erle Stanley Gardner." People Today Russell Turner was a pseudonym for Leonard S. Zinberg (1911-1968), best known for his work written as "Ed Lacy."
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