No Pockets in a Shroud

No Pockets in a Shroud
Authors
Deming, Richard
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
ISBN
9781480462366
Date
2014-03-18T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.57 MB
Lang
en
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**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.