num_pages: 272
description: In Shadow Boxer, Billy is back on the beat for the San Francisco Inquirer. But his problems are hardly behind him. A man's in jail, accused of murder. But did he do it? By aiding a beguiling woman, Billy stumbles on evidence that could exonerate the defendant, who only months before was one of the town's top fight promoters. One big problem - the victim was Billy's secret lover, and he has no desire to help set her killer free.But once his reporter's instincts kick in, Billy can't let go of a twisting trail of suspense that stretches from Tenderloin fight clubs to Marina district mansions, from mountain retreats to the Hall of Justice. He squares off with an intriguing cast of a bombastic novelties promoter, a former colleague turned muckraking lawyer, a society doyenne on the skids, a crooked booze distributor, a shifty deputy DA, an opera-crooning pugilist, a homespun abortionist, a crafty and celebrated defense attorney, a murderous stalker - and the unfathomable Virginia Wagner, a leggy legal secretary with many more secrets than just the gun in her handbag.
language: English
title: Shadow Boxer: A Billy Nichols Novel
titlecomplete: Shadow Boxer: A Billy Nichols Novel
characters: Burney Sanders, Billy Nichols, Hack Escalante, Ida Nichols, Virginia Wagner
genres: Sports, Crime, Noir, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 44
series: Billy Nichols
publisher: Scribner