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Synopsis
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF HARD CASE CRIME!
Okay, not really. But what if, instead of having been founded 50 books ago, Hard Case Crime had been founded 50 years ago, by a rascal out to make a quick buck off the popularity of pulp fiction? Such a fellow might make a few enemies – especially after publishing a supposed non-fiction account of a heist at a Mob-run nightclub, actually penned by an 18-year-old showgirl. With both the cops and the crooks after them, our heroes are about to learn that reading and writing pulp novels is a lot more fun than living them...
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About the Author
Charles Ardai is the founder and editor of Hard Case Crime and the Edgar Award-winning author of the acclaimed novels Little Girl Lost and Songs of Innocence.
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Ardai, publisher of Hard Case Crime and a fine crime writer himself (usually under the pseudonym Richard Aleas), wears both hats in this celebration of his still-young company’s fiftieth book (this one). Here’s how Ardai explains what he calls the novel’s insane premise: “to publish a 50th book that would commemorate the (fictitious) 50th anniversary of the founding of Hard Case Crime, set 50 years ago, and to tell the story in 50 chapters, with each chapter bearing as its chapter title the title of one of our 50 books, each used in consecutive order.” Wow! The story that results tends—as one might expect—to meander quite a bit, but it’s still a perfectly entertaining, retro-style noir about the escapades of a pulp publisher and one of his authors, a comely small-town girl turned exotic dancer turned crime author, whose “nonfiction” exposé of a Mob scam turns out to be a little close to the truth. The resulting shenanigans work their way, consecutively, from Grifter’s Game to Fifty-to-One, with 48 chapters in between. Too clever for mere mortals but good fun. --Bill Ott
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- PublisherHard Case Crime
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0857683241
- ISBN 13 9780857683243
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages320
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