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The gritty, hard-edged novel of sex, crime, and corruption in 1970s
Atlanta...and the man who is paid to hide it all... by Ralph
Dennis, author of the legendary Hardman series of detective
novels.Vince Gorman is a ruthless lawyer with flexible morality who
makes problems go away for David Wardlaw, an Atlanta real estate
developer and the owner of the city's pro basketball team. Wardlaw
doesn't care how Vince fixes things...as long as it gets done. But
now Vince is in over his head... covering up a possibly fatal
hit-and-run by the team's hard-partying star shooter... and
competing with Wardlaw's rivals to bribe, blackmail and intimidate
the corrupt politicians who award the city's rich construction
contracts...all while desperately scrambling to keep his own life
of dark secrets, relentless womanizing, and soul-rotting
compromises from crashing down around him. This is an edited and
revised version of a book previously published in 1975 under the
title Atlanta. Praise for Ralph Dennis: "Ralph Dennis has mastered
the genre and supplied top entertainment." New York Times"His prose
is muscular, swift and highly readable. " Joe R. Lansdale, author
of the Hap & Leonard novels, the basis for the hit TV
series."Exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose,
and a glimpse into a place and time that has long since
disappeared." Mystery Scene Magazine"An underappreciated master."
Robert J. Randisi, founder of the Private Eye Writers of
America."Straight-up, hardboiled crime fiction, written in a tight,
evocative voice with a wicked, dark sense of humor." Lee Goldberg,
#1 New York Times bestselling author of True Fiction and Lost
Hills.
The 11th adventure in the ground-breaking Hardman seriesThe Man,
the "Black Godfather" of Atlanta, controls most of the crime in the
city... but now someone wants to take it all away from him...by
putting a bullet in his head and killing his crew. The Man wants
Hardman to find out who it is. So do two Atlanta cops who want to
stop a bloodbath on the streets. But Hardman wants nothing to with
it. Taking sides in a war he doesn't want to fight could get him
killed. The problem is, The Man isn't taking no for answer. Hardman
will be dead man either way... so he decides he might as well earn
a buck on his way to the grave. "Dennis may not have made
literature of Hardman, but he damn sure touched on it more than a
time or two." Joe R. Lansdale, New York Times bestselling author of
the Hap & Leonard novels. "Everything one expects from a
private eye novel: exceptional characterization, strong and
vigorous prose, and a glimpse into a place and time that has long
since disappeared." Mystery Scene Magazine"One of the best crime
novel series ever written. This is straight-up, hardboiled crime
fiction, written in a tight, evocative voice with a wicked, dark
sense of humor. It's wonderful!" Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of True Fiction "Ralph Dennis has mastered the
genre and supplied top entertainment." The New York Times This new
edition includes an afterword by David H. Everson, a poltical
science professor and a two time Shamus Award nominated author
"A superb thriller!" Jack Higgins, author of The Eagle Has Landed
It's June 1940. War is raging in Europe. France is about to
collapse to the Nazis. England is bracing for a devastating German
invasion...and the fall of the British empire. In desperation,
Winston Churchill sends the kingdom's wealth in gold bullion and
securities to Canada for safekeeping. The first of these top secret
shipments, traveling by sea to North America and then by train to
Montreal, is worth over $500 million. A group of American soldiers
are plotting to steal it... and only one man, a lowly agent for the
Bank of England, stands in their way. "A sweeping adventure
spectacle." Kirkus Reviews "The action highballs along." St. Louis
Post-Dispatch "A first-rate novel of suspense." Edward L. Beach,
author of Run Silent, Run Deep A substantially different version of
this book was previously published under the title "MacTaggart's
War."
"A brilliantly original, surprising plot in one of the best crime
novel series ever written. This is straight-up, hardboiled crime
fiction, written in a tight, evocative voice with a wicked, dark
sense of humor. It's wonderful!" Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times
bestselling author The ninth adventure in the legendary detective
series that inspired some of the best crime and thriller authors of
our time.Unlicensed P.I. Jim Hardman's buddy Hump Evans, a former
NFL player, drops a one dollar bet in the friendly, neighborhood
football pool for a possible $100 pot...and, against all odds, he
wins. But when Hump goes to collect, he discovers he's been cheated
out of his small jackpot. Chasing that hundred bucks leads the two
friends into a maze of arson, embezzlement, and murder that will
force them into staging a daring con game to snare a master
swindler and a desperate killer. This new edition includes the
long-lost Ralph Dennis short story Wind Spirit. "A lightning-paced
crime story packed with irreverence and loads of action."
Publishers Weekly "Everything one expects from a private eye novel:
exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose." Mystery
Scene Magazine "Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied
top entertainment." The New York Times
The 12th and final adventure in the legendary Hardman series It's
doing the small, simple favors that gets Jim Hardman in the most
trouble. A waitress he knows asks him to find her missing husband,
a freelance bartender who never returned from a weekend party that
he was working. Hardman figures it's a two-day job that will lead
to a tawdry end. Instead, Hardman and his buddy Hump, the ex-NFL
star, get sucked into a scheme involving a hundred grand in stolen
jewelry and two corpses...and counting. "Hardman spoke directly to
me. If I had a spirit guide with the Hap & Leonard novels, it
was Ralph Dennis. I wish you the joy I got from first reading these
novels." Joe R. Lansdale, New York Times bestselling author
"Everything one expects from a private eye novel: exceptional
characterization, strong and vigorous prose, and a glimpse into a
place and time that has long since disappeared." Mystery Scene
Magazine "Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top
entertainment." The New York Times "Among the best book series
around." Philadelphia Daily News "A lightning-paced crime story
packed with irreverence and loads of action." Publishers Weekly "By
far the best of the action-adventure series." Mother Jones Magazine
This new edition includes an afterword by Lee Goldberg, the #1 New
York Times bestselling author of True Fiction
For years, original copies of Ralph Dennis' Hardman novels, one of
the best crime fiction series ever written, were the Holy Grail for
collectors because they were nearly impossible to find and very
pricey. But those days are over. Hardman is back! "The Hardman
books are by far the best of the men's action-adventure series."
Mother Jones Magazine It's Atlanta, 1974. Ex-cop Jim Hardman and
his drinking buddy Hump Evans, an ex-NFL player, will do just about
anything short of a felony to make a buck...but even that rule is
flexible. "Among the best series books around." Philadelphia Daily
News In their sixth adventure, Hardman steps into the middle of a
bar fight and stumbles into a deadly but lucrative job --
protecting a guy who is next-in-line for a massive inheritance from
being murdered by professional assassins. But as the body count
rises, and killers just keep on coming, it becomes clear to Hardman
that the motive is more than money... and that he may be fighting
an adversary who will never stop, even after death. "Ralph Dennis
has mastered the genre and supplied top entertainment." The New
York Times This new edition includes an Afterword from author
Cynthia Williams, who was one of Ralph Dennis' students.
"Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top
entertainment." The New York Times Before Spenser & Hawk, Elvis
Cole & Joe Pike, and Hap & Leonard, there was Jim Hardman
& Hump Evans, author Ralph Dennis' legendary 1970s PI team.
They're back in the fifth adventure in the beloved and acclaimed
series that influenced generations of crime writers. Retired pro
football star Ed Cross did most of his scoring between bed posts
with other player's women, including Hump's ex-girlfriend. That was
bad enough. But, just to rub it in, Cross sends Hump an x-rated
birthday skin flick of him celebrating in bed with two women. Hump
goes looking for blood... and finds it. Cross is murdered and Hump
becomes the prime suspect. Hardman works to clear Hump and
discovers there's plenty of murderous hate for Cross out
there...from the top of the sports world to the pits of Atlanta's
illegal gambling scene... and revealing it could get them both
killed. This new edition includes an Afterword from Ben Jones, the
Dukes of Hazzard actor and former U.S. Congressman from Georgia.
PRAISE FOR THE HARDMAN NOVELS "Like Chandler and Hammett before
him, Dennis was trying to do something different with what was
thought of as throwaway literature." Joe R. Lansdale, New York
Times bestselling author of the Hap & Leonard series "The
Hardman books are by far the best of the men's action-adventure
series." Mother Jones Magazine "Among the best series books
around." Philadelphia Daily News
The third novel in Ralph Dennis' great, but hard-to-find 1970s
detective series that's been sought-after for decades by readers of
the very best in crime fiction. Jim Hardman was a mediocre Atlanta
cop until he was wrongly accused of corruption and thrown off the
force. Now he works as an unlicensed PI, trouble-shooter and
bodyguard...often partnered with his drinking buddy Hump Evans, a
black, ex-NFL player who supports his playboy lifestyle by working
as hired muscle. Hardman is hired to find Peggy Holt, a drug
dealer, stripper, and serial seductress who has kidnapped her
six-year-old daughter from her ex-husband. Peggy has disappeared
into an Atlanta underworld populated by the dirty cops, crooked
lawyers and violent mobsters that she's bedded and betrayed...and
who keep coming back for more. The only way Hardman can find her is
to follow the trail of corpses that she's left in her wake...
without becoming one himself. This edition includes an introduction
by New York Times bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale and an
afterword by Richard A. Moore.
The tenth unforgettable novel in the legendary crime seriesIt's a
bitter, cold night in Atlanta. Ex-cop Jim Hardman walks in on a
convenience robbery committed by a youmg woman and two men that
leaves an innocent clerk dead. It's an ugly experience Hardman
can't shake...and it gets worse when the parents of the female
felon want to hire him to find their fugitive daughter before the
cops do. Hardman wants nothing to do with the job. But his sometime
partner Hump Evans is bored and short on cash... and takes the
case. Soon Hump is pursued by a chain-wielding gang of racist
bikers and mired in a seedy underworld of drugs, prostitution, and
senseless violence that even the tough, ex-NFL player can't handle
alone... "Exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose,
and a glimpse into a place and time that has long since
disappeared." Mystery Scene Magazine "Dennis may not have made
literature of Hardman, but he damn sure touched on it more than a
time or two." Joe R. Lansdale, New York Times bestselling author "A
lightning-paced crime story packed with irreverence and loads of
action." Publishers Weekly "Tough, gritty and funny. The Hardman
novels stack up against the best PI fiction. Ever." The Fine Art of
Murder "Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top
entertainment." The New York Times This new edition includes an
afterword by Mel Odom, the award-winning author of The Rover
The seventh novel in the legendary Hardman series."The Hardman
books are by far the best of the men's action-adventure series."
Mother Jones Magazine It's Atlanta, 1974. Ex-cop Jim Hardman and
ex-NFL player Hump Evans do odd jobs. Anything that pays. As long
as its not kidnapping, robbery, or murder. Not that they are afraid
of killing...if that's what it takes to survive one of their odd
jobs. And this time it will. "Among the best series books around.
The dialogue is marvelously realistic." Philadelphia Daily NewsAn
old, professional gambler who once saved Hardman's neck has been
working as an accountant for The Man, the city's black Godfather.
When the gambler is killed, and The Man's coded ledger disappears,
Hardman and Hump are hired to get the book...and settle the score.
"Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top
entertainment." The New York Times"The Hardman series is one of the
finest in the P.I. genre." Robert Randisi, founder of the Private
Eye Writers of America This new edition includes an Afterword from
Hank Wagner, co-author of the book Thrillers: 100 Must Reads.
The long-lost, never-before-published, thirteenth novel in the
legendary Hardman series. Jim Hardman will do just about anything
for a buck, short of a felony, though he has been known to push the
line. It's a career choice that takes a big toll on his soul and
leads him to a shocking discovery that breaks his heart. That's
when a high-powered lawyer hires him to go to London to find the
missing heir of a wealthy Georgia industrialist. The timing is
perfect for Hardman, who is eager to escape his personal pain. But
misery of a different sort is awaiting him in England, where he
becomes embroiled in an ugly case of embezzlement and murder that
follows him back to Atlanta...and that will have a devastating
impact on his life. Includes an Afterword by Lee Goldberg, #1 New
York Times bestselling author of True Fiction and Lost Hills Praise
for the Hardman Series: "Expert writing, plus good plotting and an
unusual degree of sensitivity. Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre
and supplied top entertainment. " The New York Times "Exceptional
characterization, strong and vigorous prose, and a glimpse into a
place and time that has long since disappeared." Mystery Scene
Magazine "Gritty writing? Tough talk? Gripping action? Yes, yes and
yes." The Daily Oklahoman "It's gritty, it's grounded, and it's
also strong on character. The writing is a cut above and then
there's the social realism, the piercing look at racism, corruption
and the underbelly of the city." NB Magazine UK "The Hardman books
are by far the best of the men's action-adventure series." Mother
Jones Magazine "Ralph Dennis is an underappreciated master. His
Hardman series is one of the finest in the P.I. genre." Robert
Randisi, founder of the Private Eye Writers of America
The bold new novel of espionage and betrayal from thriller master
Ralph Dennis, the author of A Talent for Killing and the acclaimed
Hardman series of crime novels.Will Hall is a CIA agent in a South
American country on the brink of Civil War. But when the moderate,
rebel leader that Hall covertly supported is assassinated, the spy
resigns and retreats to a cabin in the North Carolina woods. His
quiet, civilian life is shattered when an unknown adversary frames
him for revealing Agency secrets, putting a kill-on-sight target on
his back. Hall runs in a global chase to evade death, clear his
name, and free himself from the flawless "box job" that could
become his coffin. Praise for Ralph Dennis: "A breathless, lean
noir thriller. Every line is razor sharp. Jason Bourne fans will
find a lot to like." Publishers Weekly "Ralph Dennis has mastered
the genre and supplied top entertainment." New York Times
"Believable and constantly thrilling." The Spy Guys & Gals Site
"His prose is muscular, swift and highly readable. " Joe R.
Lansdale, New York Times bestselling author "Exceptional
characterization, strong and vigorous prose." Mystery Scene
Magazine "Straight-up, hardboiled crime fiction, written in a
tight, evocative voice with a wicked, dark sense of humor." Lee
Goldberg, New York Times bestselling author
The first novel in the unforgettable, long lost series by Ralph
Dennis is finally back in print... after being coveted for years by
collectors of the very best in hardboiled fiction. Jim Hardman was
a mediocre Atlanta cop until he was wrongly accused of corruption
and thrown off the force. Now he works as an unlicensed PI,
trouble-shooter and bodyguard...often partnered with his drinking
buddy Hump Evans, a black, ex-NFL player who supports his playboy
lifestyle by working as hired muscle. Hardman is hired by The Man,
a black mobster, to investigate the murder of his white girlfriend,
a college student. It's a case that plunges Hardman and Evans into
the center of a violent street war that stretches from Atlanta's
seedy back alleys to the marbled corridors of power. This new
edition includes an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, the New York
Times bestselling author of the Hap & Leonard series of crime
novels.
There's a killer stalking children in a small, North Carolina
town...and the only one who can stop him is the local Sheriff, a
man crippled physically and emotionally by a war that he's still
fighting within himself. The haunting, powerful new thriller by
Ralph Dennis, author of the legendary Hardman series of crime
novelsWilton Drake's hip was shattered by a sniper's bullet in
Lebanon...and his heart was ripped apart by the wife who left him
as lay in a military hospital. Now, after fiteen years in the Navy,
he's returned to Edgefield, North Carolina a broken man, looking
for a way to hold himself together. He finds it in a bottle...and
behind a badge as Webster County's newly elected Sheriff...but his
forbidden attraction to a mysterious stripper and his harrowing
investigation into a horrific string of child murders might destroy
what's left of him, body and soul. "Ralph Dennis has mastered the
genre and supplied top entertainment." New York Times "His prose is
muscular, swift and highly readable. " Joe R. Lansdale, author of
the Hap & Leonard novels, the basis for the hit TV series.
"Exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose, and a
glimpse into a place and time that has long since disappeared."
Mystery Scene Magazine"An underappreciated master." Robert J.
Randisi, founder of the Private Eye Writers of America.
"Straight-up, hardboiled crime fiction, written in a tight,
evocative voice with a wicked, dark sense of humor." Lee Goldberg,
#1 New York Times bestselling author of True Fiction and Lost
Hills.
"A breathless, lean noir thriller. Every line is razor sharp and
without an ounce of fat. Jason Bourne fans will find a lot to
like." Publishers WeeklyLONG BEFORE JASON BOURNE, THERE WAS KANE
Kane was a top CIA assassin until he suffered traumatic physical
and psychological injuries in a mission that went horribly wrong.
The Agency wiped his memory, gave him a new identity, and retired
him to a life of mundane, anonymous domesticity. But his training,
and his talent for killing, came back with a vengeance. He created
a new life for himself as a killer-for-hire, righting wrongs for
people who can't find peace or justice any other way. He doesn't
know that his memories are fiction, or that he is always being
watched, or that he's been targeted for death by a rogue faction
within the Agency. A TALENT FOR KILLING In this brutal, fast-moving
thriller from Ralph Dennis, the author of the legendary Hardman
series of crime novels, Kane finds himself caught between the mob,
Cuban revolutionaries, and his own government as he seeks
retribution for a man murdered for uncovering small-town
corruption...and justice for another man on death row, falsely
convicted of raping and murdering a child. Praise for Ralph Dennis
"Like Chandler and Hammett before him, Dennis was trying to do
something different with what was thought of as throwaway
literature." Joe R. Lansdale "Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre
and supplied top entertainment." New York Times "Exceptional
characterization, strong and vigorous prose." Mystery Scene
Magazine A portion of this book was previously published in 1976
under the title Deadman's Game
"Dennis wrote with assurance. His prose was muscular, swift, and
highly readable." Joe R. Lansdale, from his introduction Jim
Hardman was an Atlanta cop until he was wrongly accused of
corruption and thrown off the force. Now he works as an unlicensed
PI, trouble-shooter and bodyguard...often partnered with his
drinking buddy Hump Evans, a black, ex-NFL player who supports his
playboy lifestyle by working as hired muscle. A small-town farmer
hires Hardman to find his teenage daughter who ran off to Atlanta
to become a model...and ended up a hooker. It's fast work for
Hardman, but she's gunned down minutes after he finds her. To hunt
her killer, Hardman and Hump Evans take a deep dive into a
bottomless cesspool of vice and greed that could drown them. This
new edition includes an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, author of
the Hap & Leonard novels, and an afterword by Paul Bishop,
author and retired LAPD homicide detective. Praise for the HARDMAN
novels by Ralph Dennis: "Ralph Dennis is an underappreciated
master. His Hardman series is one of the finest in the P.I. genre."
Robert Randisi, founder of the Private Eye Writers of America
"Among the best series books around." Philadelphia Daily News
"Expert writing, plus good plotting and an unusual degree of
sensitivity." New York Times
"Exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose, and a
glimpse into a place and time that has long since disappeared."
Mystery Scene Magazine"Dennis may not have made literature of
Hardman, but he damn sure touched on it more than a time or two,"
Joe R. Lansdale, New York Times author of the Hap & Leonard
series The eighth novel in the legendary Hardman series. Ex-cop Jim
Hardman and ex-NFL player Hump Evans will do anything for a buck,
short of murder. But this time, that's exactly the service that
Hardman is offering. He's posing as a hitman in a sting being run
by his only friend left on the Atlanta PD. The scam goes fatally
wrong and Hardman becomes the guy with the target on his back... "A
lightning-paced crime story packed with irreverence and loads of
action." Publishers Weekly "Among the best series books around. The
dialogue is marvelously realistic." Philadelphia Daily News "Ralph
Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top entertainment." The
New York Times "Hardman is not your typical PI. He is not that good
looking; a bit on the pudgy side in fact. His methods are
unorthodox, and he often plays both sides of the law when working a
case. But these and other genre-defying characteristics are what
captures and holds our fascination." Bookgasm This new edition
includes an Afterword from author Robert J. Randisi, founder of the
Private Eye Writers of America
The second novel in the unforgettable, long lost series by Ralph
Dennis is finally back in print... after being coveted for years by
collectors of the very best in hardboiled fiction. Jim Hardman was
a mediocre Atlanta cop until he was wrongly accused of corruption
and thrown off the force. Now he works as an unlicensed PI,
trouble-shooter and bodyguard...often partnered with his drinking
buddy Hump Evans, a black, ex-NFL player who supports his playboy
lifestyle by working as hired muscle. Five kids rip off a gambling
party attended by Hump Evans and some of Atlanta's criminal and
political elite. Hardman is hired to recover the loot and find the
kids before they are caught and butchered by a hitman from
Charleston with a very sharp knife. This new edition includes an
introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, the New York Times bestselling
author of the Hap & Leonard crime novels.
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