ASIN: B08KBS66PL
Publisher: Hickey and McGee
Pages: 318
Following Pearl Harbor, Tom Hickey tried to join the Navy. After they rejected him for his age, he opened a supper club in downtown San Diego. The business thrived because of jazz singer Cynthia Moon who enraptured admirals, generals, and tycoons. When she disappears, it’s not only concern for the girl that sends Tom searching. He also needs the money she brings in, since his wife has wearied of living in modest circumstances. The hunt for Cynthia takes him to the village of Mount Shasta and into the web of a Hindu-inspired occultist. Though he doesn’t find Cynthia, he deduces her motive for her disappearance and learns the first part of her desperate plan, which sends him to Denver in search of a Capone hit man. “Mysticism, a journal full of poetic folklore, and the noir-like dialog push an especially complex plot from start to finish. Along with Gaylord Dold and Max Allan Collins ...
