No Game for a Dame
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4.2 • 146 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A .38, a nip of gin and sensational legs get Depression-era private investigator Maggie Sullivan out of most scrapes – until a stranger threatens to bust her nose, she’s hauled in on suspicion of his murder and she finds herself in the cross-hairs of a sadistic crime boss.
Matching wits against dangerous men, with bits of information from a dime store waitress, a ragged newsboy and the girls at her rooming house, Maggie follows a path that leaves her drugged, in her DeSoto in a ditch.
A gunman puts a bullet through Maggie’s hat. Her shutterbug pal on the evening paper warns her off. A new cop whose presence unsettles her thinks she’s crooked. Before she finds all the answers she needs, she faces a half-crazed man with a gun, and a far more lethal point-blank killer.
If you like Robert B. Parker's hard boiled Spencer series and strong women sleuths, don't miss this one-of-a-kind Ohio detective from a time in United States history when dames wore hats -- but seldom a Smith & Wesson.
Customer Reviews
No Game for a Dame
What a fun read! Made me laugh, and turning pages to see whodunnit! I got this free on bookbub and will definitely purchase the next book. Thanks Ruth, keep writing.
No game for a dame
I love Maggie. She is brave, opinionated and she knows what she’s doing…
Interesting Read of the 1930s Mystery
I started reading and liked it was a female private investigator. The story puts a whole new twist when the main character is female in the years when cell phone don't exists, and a female detective don't fight with a karate chop. I like stories in this mindful manner to solve a crime. The author places all female characters in their places back in the 30s where my thoughts are when the story talks about people out of jobs in that city, just about after the stock market crash year. With this in mind of the era, the detective work for a female gives an interesting read of the mind of the character. Nice reading material!