No Pockets in a Shroud

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480462366

<DIV><DIV><b>Two gambling kingpins go to war&mdash;and Manville Moon is caught in the middle</b></div><DIV><BR>When an upstart gangster named Byron Wade threatens Louis Bagnell&rsquo;s gambling empire, Bagnell attempts to hire Manville Moon, a detective whose loss of a leg has not diminished his reputation as a tough guy. Preferring to remain neutral, Moon turns down Bagnell&rsquo;s offer and refuses Wade&rsquo;s as well. But Wade does not want another gunman. He wants a sleuth&mdash;to investigate his own murder, should the coming war leave him dead. They are negotiating over a platter of chop suey when Louis Bagnell turns up murdered.</div><DIV><BR>Was Wade using Moon as an alibi, or did Bagnell&rsquo;s killer come from within his own gang? Double-crosses come faster than bullets in this twisting novella, but even on one leg, Manville Moon will have no trouble keeping up.</div></div><p>Two gambling kingpins go to war-and Manville Moon is caught in the middle</p><p>When an upstart gangster named Byron Wade threatens Louis Bagnell’s gambling empire, Bagnell attempts to hire Manville Moon, a detective whose loss of a leg has not diminished his reputation as a tough guy. Preferring to remain neutral, Moon turns down Bagnell’s offer and refuses Wade’s as well. But Wade does not want another gunman. He wants a sleuth-to investigate his own murder, should the coming war leave him dead. They are negotiating over a platter of chop suey when Louis Bagnell turns up murdered.</p><p>Was Wade using Moon as an alibi, or did Bagnell’s killer come from within his own gang? Double-crosses come faster than bullets in this twisting novella, but even on one leg, Manville Moon will have no trouble keeping up.</p>