Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant and very single partner, and a low-paying job as a Miami homicide detective, Hoke moves to Singer Island and vows never to set foot on the mainland again. But on the street, career criminal Troy Louden is hatching plans of his own with a gang that includes a disfigured hooker, a talentless artist, and a clueless retiree. But when Louden's simple robbery results in ruthless and indiscriminate bloodshed, Hoke quickly remembers why he is a cop and hurls himself back into the world he meant to leave behind forever.
A masterly tale of midlife crisis and murder, Sideswipe is a page-turning thriller packed with laughs, loaded with suspense, and featuring one of the most truly original detectives of all time.
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“Another unrelenting entry in the Hoke Moseley
series. Distinguished by cleverly sustained tension, drolly observant
vignettes of Miami life, and a narrative that moves with unsettling ease
from the routine to the terrifying, Sideswipe develops two
tales of loneliness and frustration that lead to a bloody confrontation
between the two principal characters…Willeford writes with offhand grace, supporting his
saga of sad lives with well-detailed, multilayered characterizations.”
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