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One Too Many Blows To The Head (Paperback)
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One Too Many Blows To The Head (Paperback)
Series: Ray & Fokoli, 1
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Kansas City, 1939. In a world of fixed fights and mob influence Ray
Ward and his brother Rex are two of the only clean fighters in
town. With Ray in the corner and Rex in the ring they are headed
for the big time. Until that fateful night. Now Ray has a score to
settle using a lifetime of lessons in how to fight back. Dean
Fokoli is a detective with a new partner, an alcoholic wife and a
guilty conscience. At least the boxer on the radio who just got
beat to a pulp won't end up in his homicide file. But when the
dregs of the crooked fight world start turning up dead, Fokoli is
on the hunt for the killer. The chase will take him to the
underbelly of the Kansas City night and hopefully keep him one step
ahead of his past. A razor-edged story of revenge, redemption and
what happens when you confront the ghosts of the past. "One Too
Many Blows to the Head feels like a long-lost pulp you find in a
favorite bookstore. A delicious mix of classic hardboiled grit and
the heart-heavy world of film noir, it's a one-sitting read that
sends you back to a lost time of fight halls, Chicago boys and last
chances." -Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me and Queenpin "A powerful
tale of vengeance, rife with pounding action and colorful, complex
characters. One Too Many Blows To The Head is a first round
knock-out " - Stephen Jay Schwartz, LA Times best selling author of
Boulevard and Beat "The prose is hardboiled and lean, and there's
plenty of violence. There's a surprise or two along the way, and
you'll want to know what happens to Fokoli and Ray. They're deeply
flawed, but Beetner and Kohl keep them human, which is quite an
accomplishment when you consider the circumstances." - Bill Crider,
author of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series "The writing is crisp, the
characters finely drawn. Ray's motivation to avenge his brother's
death, murder really, may seem to be simple, but in actuality is
deeply complex. One Too Many Blows To the Head is quite remarkable
in how it takes a relatively simple story and develops an
intricate, compelling tale of two men on a mission to identify who
killed Rex Ward . . . but also on a search for their own."
-Mysterious Reviews (FOUR STARS) "Boxing and noir oncewent hand in
glove, but you don't seemany boxing novels anymore, and that's
ashame. Here's one that dredges up all the blood and spit and sweat
and money of thefight game, and wraps itaround a tough noir
storyline full of revenge and dark secrets. Kohl and Beetner get it
exactly right." - Steve Brewer, author of the Bubba Mabry series
"One Too Many Blows to the Head is a novel set in the fight world
of Kansas City 1939 and it's everything you love about classic film
noir only bound and printed." - Hardboiled Wonderland
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Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Ray & Fokoli, 1 |
Release date: |
April 2014 |
First published: |
April 2014 |
Authors: |
J. B. Kohl
• Eric Beetner
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
280 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4992-3651-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
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LSN: |
1-4992-3651-4 |
Barcode: |
9781499236514 |
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