A Bullet for Cinderella Paperback 1517323797 9781517323790 John D. MacDonald

from brone

Good 50's Noir

from lamour

This is my first MacDonald novel and I will be looking for more. Hal Howard met Timmy Warden in a Korean prison of war camp. Before Timmy died he revealed that he had stolen money from his brother's business and felt guilty. He asked Tal to go to his town, recover the money and return it to his b...

from datrappert

MacDonald scores again with a dark tale of a Korean War POW who goes to a small town to try to locate 60,000 dollars another POW who died in the Chinese prison where they were both held had hidden. Of course, he becomes involved with two women--one with a heart of gold and one who, on the outside...

from DeltaQueen50

A Bullet for Cinderella by John D. MacDonald was originally published in 1955 and I personally found this to be a hard-boiled crime story that I could not put down. It starts out with the main character arriving in a strange town with the purpose of recovering a buried treasure that his army budd...

from Edward.Lorn

This was not MacDonald's best book. The dialogue seemed far too forced. I did enjoy the main character, but the bad was a little unbelievable. 3 Shiny Bits of the Night Sky for me.