Here is a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers during March 2014 priced $4.99 or less …
No Pockets in a Shroud by Richard Deming is a smashing detective story, first published in January 1949 by Black Mask and featuring his long-running series character, PI Manville "Manny" Moon.
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No Pockets in a Shroud by Richard Deming
A Manville Moon Mystery Novella
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Publication Date: March 18, 2014
Price: $1.99 (as of 03/18/14 04:30 PM ET)
Two gambling kingpins go to war — and Manville Moon is caught in the middle …
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.
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.
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