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Highlights
- Jake Blake is a private detective short on cash when he meets a rich and beautiful young woman looking to escape her father's smothering influence.
- About the Author: Charles Willeford was a highly decorated (Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Luxembourg Croix de Guerre) tank commander with the Third Army in World War II.
- 112 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
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Book Synopsis
Jake Blake is a private detective short on cash when he meets a rich and beautiful young woman looking to escape her father's smothering influence. Unfortunately for Jake, the smothering influence includes two thugs hired to protect her--and the woman is in fact not the daughter of the man she wants to escape, but his wife. Now Jake has two angry thugs and one jealous husband on his case. As Jake becomes more deeply involved with this glamorous and possibly crazy woman, he becomes entangled in a web of deceit, intrigue--and multiple murders. Brilliant, sardonic, and full of surprises, Wild Wives is one wild ride.Review Quotes
"Nobody writes like Charles Willeford. . . . He is an original--funny, weird and wonderful." -James Crumley"Elegant, tough, and rhythmic as a championship boxing match." -San Francisco Chronicle"Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law." -The Philadelphia Inquirer"Wow! He gives you . . . the viewpoint of the most fascinating asocial trash." -Tony Hillerman
About the Author
Charles Willeford was a highly decorated (Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Luxembourg Croix de Guerre) tank commander with the Third Army in World War II. He was also a professional horse trainer, boxer, radio announcer, and painter. Willeford, the author of twenty novels, created the Miami detective series featuring Hoke Moseley, which includes Miami Blues, Sideswipe, The Way We Die Now, and New Hope for the Dead. He died in 1988.Dimensions (Overall): 7.98 Inches (H) x 5.36 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)
Weight: .28 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 112
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Theme: Hard-Boiled
Format: Paperback
Author: Charles Willeford
Language: English
Street Date: March 14, 2006
TCIN: 92368889
UPC: 9781400032471
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-4664
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.28 pounds
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