The Distance: A Crime Novel Introducing Billy Nichols

In 1949, San Francisco sportswriter and boxing devotee Billy Nichols becomes caught in a dangerous web of deceit, betrayal, and desire when he comes to the aid of heavyweight boxer Hack Escalante, who has killed his manager. A first novel. 12,500 first printing.

Eddie Muller, son of the famed San Francisco boxing writer of the same name, grew up in newsrooms and boxing arenas. He is the founder of the San Francisco Historical Boxing Museum, an honorary member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, and the author of Dark City Dames; Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir, for which he received Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity Award nominations; Grindhouse: The Forbidden World of "Adults Only" Cinema; and the forthcoming The Art of Noir: Posters and Graphics of the Classic Film Noir Period. Muller lives in the San Francisco Bay area. The Distance is his first novel. Visit the author's Web site at www.noircity.com