{"product_id":"9781624850080","title":"Big Deuce (The Tom Dreyfus Novels): My Sweet Lorraine \u0026 Jake Leg","description":"Set in Los Angeles in 1946, My Sweet Lorraine is a story of corruption, passion, loyalty, and of a homicide detective's biggest mistake: assuming.\u003cp\u003eCynical veteran, Tom Dreyfus is called from vacation to do a favor for his boss: work what appears to be a routine investigation into the brutal murder of a beautiful young call girl. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Dreyfus and his partner, Munson, work scant evidence they uncover the woman was desperately trying to escape the sordid business, and that her clientele were some of the most powerful men in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are characters and dialogue that will stay in your head long after you've finished the book. Echoing Raymond Chandler, Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosley, and the Polanski-Towne film noir masterpiece, Chinatown, My Sweet Lorraine will go the distance to deliver a KO to the jaw. Better keep your guard up, because whatever happens is going to happen the hard way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e~\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1949 the term 'serial killer' didn't exist; a psychopath just exhibited the same MO.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Dreyfus and his partner, Munson are back in Jake Leg and it's the hottest summer on record in Los Angeles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this sequel to My Sweet Lorraine they investigate a series of four brutal murders of homeless men and women, seemingly anonymous faces on the streets that no one, especially the DA, cares about. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the victims was at one time a prominent member of society, and each had fallen from grace. Not one seems to have offered the least resistance to his killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a race against time to find victim number five before the psycho, the self-proclaimed 'Angel of Mercy,' does.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kodel Group, LLC, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038058561776,"sku":"9781624850080","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781624850080_p0.jpg?v=1763864335","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781624850080","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}