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The Loop / Man With a Thousand Enemies (Stark House Crime Classics) - Softcover

Burnett, W. R.

 
9798886011548: The Loop / Man With a Thousand Enemies (Stark House Crime Classics)

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THE LOOP

Hamm is dead. Dooley had been counting on him but now Hamm’s bleeding out on the floor with a bullet in his chest. So Dooley decides to take over. Somewhere in Chicago’s Loop a big knockover is being planned. Dooley doesn’t know where or when, but he knows it’s going to happen. That much Hamm was sure about.

So Dooley puts together a team—Skip, the collegiate-looking pimp; Shamus, the ex-cop turned tail-artist; and Doc Pace and his son Chuck, a couple of crooked car salesmen. Dooley knows that Mike Ivans is the guy to watch. His crew, in particular his gunman Goggles, are probably behind Hamm’s killing. All he has to do is figure out who Ivans is planning to hit… then be ready to knock him over as soon as he gets it!

MAN WITH A THOUSAND ENEMIES

Jimmy Devore works for Gordon Minot as his chief of security. Keeping the millionaire safe is a full-time job, leaving him no time for his girlfriend, Eve. Which complicates Jimmy’s life because he’s also attracted to Minot’s daughter, Jean. Then Jimmy figures out that someone might be trying to kill the boss. He’s got his suspicions, but trouble is, Minot just doesn’t believe him. Nor does Eve when he tries to explain why—with all his chasing after one lead and another--he’s always late. Then the bullets start to fly.

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About the Author

William Riley Burnett was born November 25, 1899 in Springfield, Ohio. Moving to Chicago in 1927, he developed an interest in gangsters which prompted him to write his first noir novel, Little Caesar, in 1929. Soon after that overnight success, Burnett moved to Los Angeles, eventually writing 36 novels—including High Sierra and The Asphalt Jungle—and 60 screenplays, as well as songs, plays and short stories. Nominated twice for an Academy Award, he received both the MWA Grand Master award and an O. Henry Memorial Award. Burnett died on April 25, 1982.

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