A Long Cold Fall (Mask noir)

A Long Cold Fall (Mask noir)

by SamReaves (Author)

Synopsis

When he's not driving his taxi, Cooper MacLeish, a Vietnam vet, kills time at the local pool hall. A man with a violent past and a nowhere future, Coop's life is irrevocably shattered when he agrees to shelter a teenage runaway whose mother, Vivian, has died in mysterious circumstances. In his search to find out how Vivian died, Coop asks questions powerful people would prefer unanswered. His curiosity brings him up against a sadistic killer identified only by the teardrop tattooed on his cheek. To take on Teardrop on the mean streets of Chicago, Coop must summon the skills learnt in Vietnam.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Main
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 15 Dec 1991

ISBN 10: 1852422394
ISBN 13: 9781852422394

Media Reviews
?Sam Reaves is too good, he makes me nervous. A Long Cold Fall is as hard and muscular as the early Hammett, and as full of promise? Robert B. Parker ?An exemplary beginning. The setting is Chicago, whose infinite and frequently acrid variety Reaves appears to know as well as does Sara Paretsky? Los Angeles Times ?This impressive debut grabs attention with its opening chapter and never lets up? Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Sam Reaves was born in Indiana and now lives in Chicago, Illinois where he teaches English as a foreign language. He has travelled extensively to the Middle East and studied at the university of Jordan in Amman.