The Big Hello: a Jimmy "Soldier" Riley Noir Novel Book 3 (Soldier Mysteries)

In Panama City, Florida, in the 1940s, one-armed and gut-shot, PI Jimmy Riley is on the trail of Flaxon De Grasse, a sadistic serial sex killer, who has abducted his girlfriend, Lauren Lewis. Riley will hit every juke joint and brave every roadside stop by the cops to track them down. Stalwart, and given to occasional quick speeches on the meaning of life, Riley has backup in the form of his one-eyed black pal, Clip. Asked why he lost the peeper, he quips: "I training to be a private eye like him. Nobody tol' me you can have two." Mystery: Thriller - Noir - P.I. - 1940s NW Florida "A promising private detective series set in 1940s Florida. Walk the mean streets of wartime Panama City with Jimmy "Soldier" Riley. a wounded, woman-haunted knight errant in Michael Lister's resonant new noir series