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The Big Heat

por William P. McGivern

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. HTML: Murder was in the air. A cop had killed himself, and every crook in town knew that would be sure to bring on the big heat. It all started innocently enough, when a cop committed suicide. It was worry over ill health, said his wife. Detective Dave Bannion wasn't so sure, but when he started digging, he was told to lay off�fast! Instead, he turned in his badge and started stalking the city streets and bars in search of the truth. There he uncovered a red-hot story of murder and corruption that would blow Philadelphia's underworld sky high. Bannion was big, strong, and angry enough to kill, but he was only one honest man in a city full of mobsters and crooked cops. The big heat was on. .… (más)

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The author uses one of the oldest pulp plots and he gives it no new wrinkles. He makes it fresh and memorable by his superb characterization of the cop and his enemies, and his description of the harsh world that they live in. The result is something rare: a story that is at once hardboiled and optimistic. (

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Coach_of_Alva | Jan 6, 2014 |

I tried listening to this title last year but I wasn't focused enough to do so. I don't agree with some of the "casting" choices CL made for some of his characters, but since many of the characters were secondary and fleeting, it was easy enough to move past it. Published in 1953, it contains echoes of the Black Dahlia murder six years prior. The story is far better than the noir schlock we've come to associate with mid-century pulp. There's some intellectual grounding and plot twists that are true surprises. BTW, a "clip joint" is an adult entertainment establishment which scams you out of your money and, I think an "ace-deuce-trey" (house) is on in which three rooms are stacked one on top of another. (

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Tanya-dogearedcopy | Apr 4, 2013 |

This is classic noir fiction. A big city policeman searchs for reasons behind the suicide of another officer. But is it suicide? His sometime lover says no. Gangsters, secrets, and a surprise ending. I really enjoyed this one. (

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. HTML:

Murder was in the air. A cop had killed himself, and every crook in town knew that would be sure to bring on the big heat.

It all started innocently enough, when a cop committed suicide. It was worry over ill health, said his wife. Detective Dave Bannion wasn't so sure, but when he started digging, he was told to lay off�fast! Instead, he turned in his badge and started stalking the city streets and bars in search of the truth. There he uncovered a red-hot story of murder and corruption that would blow Philadelphia's underworld sky high. Bannion was big, strong, and angry enough to kill, but he was only one honest man in a city full of mobsters and crooked cops. The big heat was on.

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