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Fiddle Game Author: Richard A. Thompson Published: January 15, 2008 by Poisoned Pen Press Series Name: Herman Jackson, Bail Bondsman Category: Hardboiled Main Character: Herman Jackson, Wide Track Wilkie, Rosie the reformed gun moll, The Prophet Herman Jackson chose St. Paul as his permanent place of exile from Detroit, where his former life as a bookie got to hot to hold onto. Now he leads a respectable life as a bail bondsman, selling second chances to losers and looking over his shoulder. When a young woman leaves him a priceless antique violin as security for her brother's bail bond, it's really the beginning of an elaborate con game. But the game is barely begun when she is murdered in front of his office. And the police are calling him the prime suspect...unless he gives them the violin "as evidence." Click for more info. |
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