Gotch'em - William D. Hoy

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Résumé :
Former New York cop, Johnny Taggett, our hero in this mystery novel takes many turns and keeps you thinking, it holds your attention. In this self-indulged style of Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade or Raymond Chandler's Phillip Marlowe, writer William Hoy takes you thru the gumshoe's story of intrigue, dirty back alleys, dirty ashtrays, dirty offices and lets us remember and reflect on a time when pulp fiction was at its heyday. Taggett the perfect pulp tuff guy, told in a story of sweat and dirt, a man's world where women are dames and anything else is eye candy. This story also has some great characters in Chew - his partners, Chen and Jie, and Mrs Foulsworth who's heavily veiled cover makes her as mysterious as this novel. Gangsters and mobs couldn't clean up all this dirt but that's the way pulp fictions is supposed to be. Back to the dark nights and street lamp alleys where no one is safe but Taggett's determined to bring his partner Murphy's killer to justice.

Biographie:
William D. Hoy born in San Diego, California, raised in Chula Vista living on a farm until entering high School. Graduated from Chula Vista High, later graduated from Columbia College. He retired as Chief Warrant Officer Four with 26 years of active Army. In the early 2000s William started writing his first fiction novel, Undying, with many hit and misses finally getting it published. Now he is with a new publishing company Stratton-Press, and has written, Gotch'em-Johnny Taggett, a tough guy detective novel and, The Gifted One, an Sci Fi mystery. William is in the final stages of writing a sequel to, Gotch'em, called, The Killing Sound-Johnny Taggett, coming out in the middle of the year 2022. William is still dabbling in the movie business, looking for his next one. He's been in a dozen movies, maybe not the leading roles but he enjoys the challenge. He got a lot of ideas from the movies for his novels. His movie history can be located in the data base of the IMDB.