The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes (Hardcover)

from ssimon2000

Retired NYPD detective "Doak" Miller left his job for sunny small-town Florida, supplementing his pension as a part-time PI, performing background checks, routine insurance inquiries, and every so often, undercover work for the local Sheriff's office, which is where the story begins. It is a fast...

from ssimon2000

Retired NYPD detective "Doak" Miller left his job for sunny small-town Florida, supplementing his pension as a part-time PI, performing background checks, routine insurance inquiries, and every so often, undercover work for the local Sheriff's office, which is where the story begins. It is a fast...

from bjkelley

Since the story is similar to "The Postman Always Rings Twice" the author has his main character fully aware of that fact. "The Girl With The Deep Blues Eyes" is much more hard-boiled than that book/movie. This was a real page turner with somewhat of a surprise ending.

from Unkletom

Lawrence Block's newest standalone thriller is both familiar and different. The racy cover, noir plot and seedy setting put it solidly in the category of the prurient paperback pulps of the fifties. Don't be deceived, though, the story takes place in the 21st century, complete with cell phones, N...

from JohnWCuluris

One of the mission statements of Hard Case Crime, I believe, is to produce modern noir. I say "believe" because the only Hard Case books I'm aware of are from writers I already read. But if my assumption is correct, The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes hits the mark. Block takes James M. Cain's speci...