Boardwalk Beat Down

We first met the likeable Los Gatos P.I., Grady Prescott, in Hobo Ashes, as he struggled to quit the bottle, regain his self-confidence, and resolve a long-standing murder case. Now Grady runs a fast-paced race toward resolving a complicated set of crimes that stack on top of each other with the plot and character twists that begin and end near the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Grady’s fiancée, Hazel, sticks right by his side through murder and muggings—or does she?

Veteran writer, Steve Sporleder, once again drawing on his extensive knowledge of Los Gatos and environs, infuses his story with local flavor and historical tidbits, and keeps us on the edge of our seat as we follow an unsettling plot that winds through the Santa Cruz mountains, to spontaneously set-up gambling houses in rich and fertile farm country, and back again to the Boardwalk.

About the author:

Steve Sporleder is a fifth generation Los Gatos resident and was a firefighter in Saratoga, California for thirty-two years.