How does a man escape from himself...? A classic masterpiece of American noir fiction.
George Stroud is a hard-drinking, tough-talking, unscrupulous journalist working for tyrannical Earl Janoth's media empire. And he's involved with the wrong woman - his boss's mistress, Pauline Delos. One day, as Stroud escorts Pauline home, he spies his boss returning from a trip. The next day, Pauline is found dead in her apartment.
Janoth knows someone saw him enter Pauline's apartment on the night of the murder; he knows it must have been the man Pauline was seeing on the side; but he doesn't know his identity. To get his hands on the man and pin the crime on him, Janoth assigns his best investigative reporter and most trusted employee to track him down: George Stroud...
| ISBN: | 9781409121152 |
| Publication date: | 11th November 2010 |
| Author: | Kenneth Fearing |
| Publisher: | Orion Books an imprint of Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Series: | Yellowbacks |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery Classic crime and mystery fiction Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives |
How does a man escape from himself...? A classic masterpiece of American noir fiction.
George Stroud is a hard-drinking, tough-talking, unscrupulous journalist working for tyrannical Earl Janoth's media empire. And he's involved with the wrong woman - his boss's mistress, Pauline Delos. One day, as Stroud escorts Pauline home, he spies his boss returning from a trip. The next day, Pauline is found dead in her apartment.
Janoth knows someone saw him enter Pauline's apartment on the night of the murder; he knows it must have been the man Pauline was seeing on the side; but he doesn't know his identity. To get his hands on the man and pin the crime on him, Janoth assigns his best investigative reporter and most trusted employee to track him down: George Stroud...
The Big Clock features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
The Big Clock is available in Paperback
The Big Clock was written by Kenneth Fearing and published by Orion Books an imprint of Orion
The Big Clock has 176 pages
Yes it is part of Yellowbacks series
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