The Pink Tarantula

Wohlforth, Tim

ISBN 10: 1482950111 ISBN 13: 9781482950113

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2014

Synopsis

In this novel of nine closely related episodes, we join Cripand Henrietta, as unlikely a detective duo as ever hit the streets.Crip and Henrietta aren't your typical California privateeyes. For one thing, Crip's real name is Tom Bateman. His sometime sidekickwith body piercings and spiked green hair, Henrietta, calls him Crip becausehe's in a wheelchair. When she isn't mocking him, Henrietta grows marijuana,hangs with jailbirds, and brings in cases that reek of trouble-and weed-atfirst sniff. Henrietta's idea of a favor? Well, a couple of crazed fightingdogs need a home.In these episodes, we watch Crip and Henrietta'srelationship grow as both characters struggle to bridge chasms of bitternessand mistrust. The private eye business in California hasn't gotten this kind ofa reworking since Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler planted their gumshoesonto these mean streets.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Wohlforth is the author of more than seventy-five published short stories and two novels. His short fiction has appeared in several anthologies, including the Mystery Writers of America's DEATH DO US PART (Little, Brown) and HARDCORE HARDBOILED (Kensington). He is also the author of THE PROPHET'S CHILDREN: TRAVELS ON THE AMERICAN LEFT. His crime novel NO TIME TO MOURN was praised by Jeremiah Healy as "a dark gem" and by Lee Child: "Like a great twelve-bar blues--the comfort of a familiar form jazzed by a fresh key and an exciting new voice."

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackstone Pub
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1482950111
• ISBN 13: 9781482950113
• Binding: Audio CD