Sideswipe: 3 (Hoke Moseley detective thriller) - Softcover

Willeford, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842430114 ISBN 13: 9781842430118

Publisher: No Exit Press, 2001

Synopsis

Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant, very single partner, and a low paying job as a Miami homicide detective, Hoke moves to Singer Island and vows never step foot on the mainland again. But on the street, career criminal Troy Louden is hatching plans of his own with a gang including a disfigured hooker, a talentless artist, and a clueless retiree. But when his simple robbery results in ruthless and indiscriminate bloodshed, Hoke quickly remembers why he is a cop and hurls himself back into the world he meant to leave behind forever.

A masterly tale of both mid-life crisis and murder, Sideswipe is a page-turning thriller packed with laughs, loaded with suspense, and featuring one of the truly original detectives of all time.

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Review:

Extraordinarily winning . . . pure pleasure. . . . Mr. Willeford never puts a foot wrong. The New Yorker
A blend of gripping action and wry off-beat humor. The Washington Post
No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford. Elmore Leonard
Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law. Philadelphia Inquirer
Extraordinarily winning . . . pure pleasure . . . Mr. Willeford never puts a foot wrong. --The New Yorker
[A] blend of gripping action and wry off-beat humor. --The Washington Post

No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford. --Elmore Leonard
Nobody writes like Charles Willeford . . . He is an original funny, weird and wonderful. --James Crumley
If you are looking for a master s insight into the humid decadence of South Florida and its polyglot tribes, nobody does that as well as Mr. Willeford. --The New York Times Book Review

Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new. --Donald E. Westlake
Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law. --The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"Extraordinarily winning . . . pure pleasure. . . . Mr. Willeford never puts a foot wrong." --The New Yorker

"A blend of gripping action and wry off-beat humor." --The Washington Post

"No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford." --Elmore Leonard

"Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law." --Philadelphia Inquirer

"Extraordinarily winning . . . pure pleasure . . . Mr. Willeford never puts a foot wrong." --The New Yorker

"[A] blend of gripping action and wry off-beat humor." --The Washington Post

"No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford." --Elmore Leonard

"Nobody writes like Charles Willeford . . . He is an original-funny, weird and wonderful." --James Crumley

"If you are looking for a master's insight into the humid decadence of South Florida and its polyglot tribes, nobody does that as well as Mr. Willeford." --The New York Times Book Review

"Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new." --Donald E. Westlake

"Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

From the Back Cover:

Having a nervous breakdown, two daughters who want to quit high school, and a very pregnant, unmarried partner tells Hoke Moseley that it's time to simplify his crazy life. Moving away from Miami to manage a small hotel seems like the perfect solution, until a psychopathic career criminal like Troy Louden comes along. He brings with him a ragtag, makeshift gang that includes a little old man, a no-talent artist, and a terribly disfigured stripper - all of whom get Hoke caught up in a crime of carnage that pulls him back to the job he thought he'd left behind forever.

About this edition

• Publisher: No Exit Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1842430114
• ISBN 13: 9781842430118
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276