| Author: | Charles Willeford | ISBN: | 1230000032845 |
| Publisher: | Classic Mysteries | Publication: | November 25, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Charles Willeford |
| ISBN: | 1230000032845 |
| Publisher: | Classic Mysteries |
| Publication: | November 25, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
A classic of hardboiled fiction, Charles Willeford's WILD WIVES is amoral, sexy, and brutal. Written in a sleazy San Francisco hotel in the early 1950's while on leave from the Army, Willeford creates a tale of deception featuring the crooked detective Jacob C. Blake and his nemesis — a beautiful, insane young woman who is the wife of a socially prominent San Francisco architect. Blake becomes entangled in a web of deceit, intrigue and multiple murders in this exciting period tale.
A classic of hardboiled fiction, Charles Willeford's WILD WIVES is amoral, sexy, and brutal. Written in a sleazy San Francisco hotel in the early 1950's while on leave from the Army, Willeford creates a tale of deception featuring the crooked detective Jacob C. Blake and his nemesis — a beautiful, insane young woman who is the wife of a socially prominent San Francisco architect. Blake becomes entangled in a web of deceit, intrigue and multiple murders in this exciting period tale.
