A killing on the hill [text (large print)] : a thriller
Abstract:
"Seattle, 1933. The city is in the grips of the Great Depression, Prohibition, and vice. Cutting his teeth on a small-time beat, hungry and ambitious young reporter William "Shoe" Shumacher gets a tip that could change his career. There's been a murder at a social club on Profanity Hill -- an underworld magnet for vice crimes only a privileged few can afford. The story is going to be front-page news, and Shoe is the first reporter on the scene. The victim, Frankie Ray, is a former prizefighter. His accused killer? Club owner and mobster George Miller, who claims he pulled the trigger in self-defense. Soon the whole town's talking, and Shoe's first homicide is fast becoming the Trial of the Century. The more Shoe digs, the more he's convinced nothing is as it seems. Not with a tangle of conflicting stories, an unlikely motive, and witnesses like Ray's girlfriend, a glamour girl whose pretty lips are sealed. For now. In a city steeped in Old West debauchery, Shoe's following every lead to a very dangerous place, one that could bring him glory and fame -- or end his life."-- Provided by publisher.
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Author:
Dugoni, Robert, author.
Author, for Grouping:
Dugoni, Robert,
Availability:
Benson Public Library~1
Database Key:
u671844
Document ID:
SD_ILS:671844
Edition:
Center Point Large Print edition.
Author:
Dugoni, Robert, author.
First Subject value, for Searching:
Journalists -- Fiction.
Title:
A killing on the hill [text (large print)] : a thriller
Format:
Large print
General Note:
Standalone novel.
Regular print version previously published by Amazon Publishing.
Includes author's note with background information.
ISBN:
9798891643161
Language:
English
Number Available:
1
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
492 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Preferred Shelf Number:
LT FIC DUGONI
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Date as Range:
2024
Relevance Sort Field:
2024
Reverse Author:
Robert, author. Dugoni
Subject:
Journalists -- Fiction. |
Homicide -- Fiction. |
Organized crime -- Washington -- Seattle -- Fiction. |
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction. |
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction. |
Large type books. |
Homicide -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
Crises économiques -- 1929 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
Meurtre -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
Livres en gros caractères. |
large print books. |
Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction. |
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Fiction. |
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1919-1933 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
Gangster fiction. |
Historical fiction. |
Thrillers (Fiction) |
Mystery fiction. |
Subject Term:
Subsequent Subject values, for Searching:
Homicide -- Fiction.
Organized crime -- Washington -- Seattle -- Fiction.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Homicide -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Crises économiques -- 1929 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Meurtre -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Livres en gros caractères.
large print books.
Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Fiction.
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1919-1933 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Gangster fiction.
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Mystery fiction.
Summary:
"Seattle, 1933. The city is in the grips of the Great Depression, Prohibition, and vice. Cutting his teeth on a small-time beat, hungry and ambitious young reporter William "Shoe" Shumacher gets a tip that could change his career. There's been a murder at a social club on Profanity Hill -- an underworld magnet for vice crimes only a privileged few can afford. The story is going to be front-page news, and Shoe is the first reporter on the scene. The victim, Frankie Ray, is a former prizefighter. His accused killer? Club owner and mobster George Miller, who claims he pulled the trigger in self-defense. Soon the whole town's talking, and Shoe's first homicide is fast becoming the Trial of the Century. The more Shoe digs, the more he's convinced nothing is as it seems. Not with a tangle of conflicting stories, an unlikely motive, and witnesses like Ray's girlfriend, a glamour girl whose pretty lips are sealed. For now. In a city steeped in Old West debauchery, Shoe's following every lead to a very dangerous place, one that could bring him glory and fame -- or end his life."--
Title:
A killing on the hill [text (large print)] : a thriller
Title, for Grouping:
A killing on the hill