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Name: Sideswipe

Full name: Sideswipe: A Hoke Moseley Detective Thriller

Author: Charles Willeford
Year: 1987
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Mystery, Crime, Fiction, Noir

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ISBNs:
9781400032488

Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant, very single partner, and a low paying job as a Miami homicide detective, Hoke moves to Singer Island and vows never step foot on the mainland again. But on the street, career criminal Troy Louden is hatching plans of his own with a gang including a disfigured hooker, a talentless artist, and a clueless retiree. But when his simple robbery results in ruthless and indiscriminate bloodshed, Hoke quickly remembers why he is a cop and hurls himself back into the world he meant to leave behind forever.

A masterly tale of both mid-life crisis and murder, Sideswipe is a page-turning thriller packed with laughs, loaded with suspense, and featuring one of the truly original detectives of all time.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

This book is part of the "Hoke Moseley" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"The Way We Die Now"
First published in 1988
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"New Hope for the Dead"
First published in 1985
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"Miami Blues"
First published in 1984
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