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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
A solid 4 stars
This is the third book that I have read in the Hardman series and I have enjoyed each one. The writing and characters remind me of Raymond Chandler. In this book Hardman is hired a by a farmer to find his daughter who has moved to Atlanta to attend a beauty and charm school. But the farmer was told by an acquaintance that his daughter is now working as a prostitute. Hardman and his partner, Hump, do find her, but she is shot and killed after they find her. The father, grief stricken, hires Hardman to find his daughter's killer. This means going into the world of pimps, prostitutes and hired hit men. They do find the killer, but there are a lot of twists and turns in an exciting mystery/thriller. Hardman and Hump are attacked along the way. I read this book in 2 days. It is page turner.
The team of one white and one black man was uncommon back in 1974 and rare in the deep south. The author's books served as the inspiration for The Lethal Weapon series(books/movies and now TV).
There is a disclaimer at the beginning of the book, stating that it was written in 1974 and reflects sexual attitudes of the time.
One quote: "I'm Jim Hardman, and I used to be a cop here in Atlanta before I got some mud thrown at me during a reform movement. I got the resignation in about half a step in front of the boot. I'm pudgy and over forty and deceptively mean and nasty. The dude with me is Hump Evans. For five or six years, he was right up there with the Deacon and Claude and Bubba until a knee injury finished him. He's black and a little bitter now and then, and I think we're friends, but I wouldn't say that to him."
Thanks to Brash Books for sending me this eBook.
This is the third book that I have read in the Hardman series and I have enjoyed each one. The writing and characters remind me of Raymond Chandler. In this book Hardman is hired a by a farmer to find his daughter who has moved to Atlanta to attend a beauty and charm school. But the farmer was told by an acquaintance that his daughter is now working as a prostitute. Hardman and his partner, Hump, do find her, but she is shot and killed after they find her. The father, grief stricken, hires Hardman to find his daughter's killer. This means going into the world of pimps, prostitutes and hired hit men. They do find the killer, but there are a lot of twists and turns in an exciting mystery/thriller. Hardman and Hump are attacked along the way. I read this book in 2 days. It is page turner.
The team of one white and one black man was uncommon back in 1974 and rare in the deep south. The author's books served as the inspiration for The Lethal Weapon series(books/movies and now TV).
There is a disclaimer at the beginning of the book, stating that it was written in 1974 and reflects sexual attitudes of the time.
One quote: "I'm Jim Hardman, and I used to be a cop here in Atlanta before I got some mud thrown at me during a reform movement. I got the resignation in about half a step in front of the boot. I'm pudgy and over forty and deceptively mean and nasty. The dude with me is Hump Evans. For five or six years, he was right up there with the Deacon and Claude and Bubba until a knee injury finished him. He's black and a little bitter now and then, and I think we're friends, but I wouldn't say that to him."
Thanks to Brash Books for sending me this eBook.