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Happy Hour and Other Philadelphia Cruelties
A stunning anthology of Philadelphia-set crime stories. In Happy Hour, the title story, a small-time grifter steals an overcoat on Christmas Eve and finds a pair of gloves, a pack of gum, and forty thousand dollars in the pocket. But his unexpected score soon becomes an icy nightmare. In other stories, a struggling landlord has second thoughts after paying an arsonist to torch his apartment house, a scam artist plots to rob his dangerous employer, and a bank robber awakens in an upside-down car resting in a shallow stream after his getaway goes disastrously wrong. And more. Button up. It's cold, outside.

"A gripping and fast-paced thriller, with a protagonist who is relatable, if not likable." Philadelphia Inquirer

"The novella Happy Hour is a lot like its main character: it doesn't pause for breath and it doesn't take a moment to think things over. It just keeps moving as fast as it can." Crime Factory

"A masterclass in American pulp-noir fiction." Shotgun Logic
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Happy Hour and Other Philadelphia Cruelties
A stunning anthology of Philadelphia-set crime stories. In Happy Hour, the title story, a small-time grifter steals an overcoat on Christmas Eve and finds a pair of gloves, a pack of gum, and forty thousand dollars in the pocket. But his unexpected score soon becomes an icy nightmare. In other stories, a struggling landlord has second thoughts after paying an arsonist to torch his apartment house, a scam artist plots to rob his dangerous employer, and a bank robber awakens in an upside-down car resting in a shallow stream after his getaway goes disastrously wrong. And more. Button up. It's cold, outside.

"A gripping and fast-paced thriller, with a protagonist who is relatable, if not likable." Philadelphia Inquirer

"The novella Happy Hour is a lot like its main character: it doesn't pause for breath and it doesn't take a moment to think things over. It just keeps moving as fast as it can." Crime Factory

"A masterclass in American pulp-noir fiction." Shotgun Logic
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Happy Hour and Other Philadelphia Cruelties

Happy Hour and Other Philadelphia Cruelties

by Tony Knighton
Happy Hour and Other Philadelphia Cruelties

Happy Hour and Other Philadelphia Cruelties

by Tony Knighton

Overview

A stunning anthology of Philadelphia-set crime stories. In Happy Hour, the title story, a small-time grifter steals an overcoat on Christmas Eve and finds a pair of gloves, a pack of gum, and forty thousand dollars in the pocket. But his unexpected score soon becomes an icy nightmare. In other stories, a struggling landlord has second thoughts after paying an arsonist to torch his apartment house, a scam artist plots to rob his dangerous employer, and a bank robber awakens in an upside-down car resting in a shallow stream after his getaway goes disastrously wrong. And more. Button up. It's cold, outside.

"A gripping and fast-paced thriller, with a protagonist who is relatable, if not likable." Philadelphia Inquirer

"The novella Happy Hour is a lot like its main character: it doesn't pause for breath and it doesn't take a moment to think things over. It just keeps moving as fast as it can." Crime Factory

"A masterclass in American pulp-noir fiction." Shotgun Logic

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781954841055
Publisher: Cutting Edge Publishing
Publication date: 05/06/2021
Pages: 194
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.45(d)
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