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This is a novel about the Thirties—about a big town and hard times, about love and hate, violence and corruption, and about people who made a game out of life, people
JOEL—He was tempted by everything … love, sex, and dirty money. But he didn’t have the guts for any of it.
MERCED—She wanted love, but marriage was too high a price.
STASH—A reporter with a family fortune and a lust for seeking out corruption in high places. He lived dangerously, but his greatest risk was falling in love with the wrong woman.
JOAN—She had money and beauty. If money couldn’t buy what she wanted, her body could.
FROSTY—A kingpin in the underworld. He had a certain deadly charm and half the town’s bluebloods were in hock to him.
RED—He was an easy man to hate. Vulgar, sex-intoxicated, and crooked as hell. His only friends were his enemies … and he knew it.

Hard-Boiled Thrillers by William R. Cox

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