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It is the fall of 1943, and the city of Detroit is doing its best to recover from the explosive race riots that marked the recent summer. The police are working overtime to protect the auto plants and ensure that their massive machinery continues to churn out the steel that comprises America's lifeblood overseas. Pete Caudill, late of the Detroit detective squad, is passing the time sitting on the fire escape of a squalid rented room, consumed by the ghosts of his past, including the black teenager he shot and killed years ago and a similar boy whose life he saved in the recent riots.
When a young woman distantly connected to Caudill is murdered, her blood threatens to stain the reputation of the Lloyd family, scions of Detroit's all-powerful auto industry. Caudill himself has a certain reputation with the Lloyds, plus a direct link to the complicated man who runs the company and, some say, the city of Detroit itself.
As a desperate investigation unfolds and the war effort rages on, the tentacles of a menacing conspiracy reach deep into the soul of the powerful Lloyd family and threaten to squelch the very heart of American patriotism beating within. It's up to Pete Caudill, using whatever meager resources he can assemble, to put down the sinister forces working against the Lloyds, perhaps in the process preserve America's chances in the war--and discover an unexpected second chance at his own life.
When a young woman distantly connected to Caudill is murdered, her blood threatens to stain the reputation of the Lloyd family, scions of Detroit's all-powerful auto industry. Caudill himself has a certain reputation with the Lloyds, plus a direct link to the complicated man who runs the company and, some say, the city of Detroit itself.
As a desperate investigation unfolds and the war effort rages on, the tentacles of a menacing conspiracy reach deep into the soul of the powerful Lloyd family and threaten to squelch the very heart of American patriotism beating within. It's up to Pete Caudill, using whatever meager resources he can assemble, to put down the sinister forces working against the Lloyds, perhaps in the process preserve America's chances in the war--and discover an unexpected second chance at his own life.
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Praise for Mitchell Bartoy and The Devil's Own Rag Doll
"Mitchell Bartoy's The Devil's Own Rag Doll is a first novel that's so accomplished it feels more discovered than written, as if it had turned up in the files of Black Mask magazine, a lost good book by one of the early hard-boiled pros. There's not a false or dishonest note in this knockout debut novel that's both superb social history and cop-noir with intelligence and heart."
--Washington Post
"Bartoy starts swinging from his heels on page one and never lets up throughout this relentlessly hard-boiled first novel. Bartoy gets the 1940s mood just right, and he sure knows how to throw a punch. Once he learns to box, he could be a contender."
--Booklist
"An impressive debut that will appeal to devotees of gritty crime fiction."
--Library Journal (starred review)
"The depth and sincerity that shine through . . . make this a promising debut."
--Kirkus Reviews
About the Author:
"Mitchell Bartoy's The Devil's Own Rag Doll is a first novel that's so accomplished it feels more discovered than written, as if it had turned up in the files of Black Mask magazine, a lost good book by one of the early hard-boiled pros. There's not a false or dishonest note in this knockout debut novel that's both superb social history and cop-noir with intelligence and heart."
--Washington Post
"Bartoy starts swinging from his heels on page one and never lets up throughout this relentlessly hard-boiled first novel. Bartoy gets the 1940s mood just right, and he sure knows how to throw a punch. Once he learns to box, he could be a contender."
--Booklist
"An impressive debut that will appeal to devotees of gritty crime fiction."
--Library Journal (starred review)
"The depth and sincerity that shine through . . . make this a promising debut."
--Kirkus Reviews
Mitchell S. Bartoy was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and has lived his entire life in the Detroit area. A graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, he has worked in various capacities for the United States Postal Service and as a college writing teacher. He lives in Troy, Michigan, with his wife and two children. The Devil’s Only Friend is his second novel. Visit his Web site at www.mitchellbartoy.com.
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- PublisherMinotaur Books
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