Publisher Description
Awash in tears, salesgirl Claire Turner arrives at the Times Square office of private investigator Faye Quick and begs Faye to find her missing boyfriend, army private Charlie Ladd, who has been AWOL for three days. Faye takes the case, which leads her to Charlie’s room at the Hotel Commodore—where she finds an unknown man—naked, dead, and stuffed inside a wardrobe. Who is the John Doe, and what connection does he have to the missing Charlie Ladd? While Faye detects, the mercury rises practically to the boiling point in the city that never sleeps.
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“Faye Quick is a real hoot, a tough-talking, wisecracking, lovable
character in the mold of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. Scoppettone also
does a bang-up job of re-creating New York City of the World War II era,
a rich setting for a mystery story.”
—
Chicago Sun-Times
About Sandra Scoppettone
Sandra Scoppettone
is the award-winning author of many novels, including several thrillers written
under the pseudonym Jack Early. She is also the creator of the series
of mystery novels featuring New York private eye Lauren Laurano. Scoppettone
lives on Long Island.
About Laura Hicks
Laura Hicks is an Obie Award–winning actress who has appeared on Broadway, off Broadway, and in regional theater, film, and television. A native New Yorker and a Juilliard graduate, she has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Australia, Austria, Italy, and Ireland.