Synopsis
Harold Dodge, the hard-luck hero of Bird Dog, returns in a darkly comic crime novel, set in Los Angeles, as the hapless accomplice of a blonde bombshell trying to capitalize on her husband's life insurance policy. Reprint.
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Philip Reed doesn't waste any time getting down to business in his second book about a slightly bent but basically good-hearted Los Angeles car dealer named Harold Dodge. On page one, right after a bunch of gangbangers on the 405 freeway give thumbs-up approval to his lime green '64 Chevy Impala SS with 300-horsepower engine, Harold begins to muse: "He had lived here his whole life until he was forced to leave the country last year because of a couple of murders he didn't commit. Now, he was back to straighten things out. Repair the damage he had done to Vikki's life, and his own, and--who knows?--make some nice money in the process." As readers of Reed's Edgar-nominated debut novel, Bird Dog, know, Vikki is the widow of Dodge's former employer, a man killed because of a crooked car deal by the woman who became Harold's lover. Reed's second outing is as complicated, colorful, and full of great cars as his first--and judging by the tire tracks left at the end, there's a good chance that Mark III will soon be in your showrooms. --Dick Adler
About the Author
Philip Reed began his writing career as a night police reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago and later wrote for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver. In 1982 he moved to Los Angeles, where he directed his first play, True Blues. His plays have been staged in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. Besides his first Harold Dodge mystery, Bird Dog, for Pocket Books, Reed has written several nonfiction books, including Free Throw. He now lives in Southern California with his wife, poet Vivian Blackwell, and their two sons, Andrew and Tony.
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