No Game for a Dame
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4.1 • 54 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
Its. So straightforward it must be true. A very clever writer
I can’t rate this highly enough!
Everything about this book is brilliant. The setting, the characters and the plot make this a page turning, exciting read with moments of tension, humour and empathy. I’m completely hooked!
Brilliant lady detective in 1930s America.
No computers, internet or mobile phones, but Maggie solves a complicated case using landlines, paper and pen ( the mention of a ‘tablet’ confused me briefly, until I realised she meant a paper notebook!!) and brain power!
An interesting female lead character, with some interesting minor males characters. I really enjoyed it!