num_pages: 360
description: Rat City's the sort of town where a man can't even be sure of a good breakfast. At least that's what detective Jake Rossiter learns when the homicide-minded Big Ed drops by Rossiter's office one morning to punch our boy's ticket. Rossiter's not one to go out easy, though, and he manages to send Big Ed to the floor with a bullet in his chest. But who is Big Ed, anyway, and why does he want Rossiter pushing up daisies? With the help of his able-bodied gal Friday, Miss Jenkins, Rossiter digs through layers of vice and violence in Seattle's seamy underbelly until he uncovers a case of corruption and prejudice that pits him toe-to-toe with hysterical dames, out-of-town muscle, and the entire Rat City Police force.
language: English
title: Rat City
titlecomplete: Rat City (A Jake Rossiter & Miss Jenkins Mystery)
genres: Historical Fiction, Noir, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 45
series: Jake Rossiter and Miss Jenkins
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best First PI Novel
publisher: Uglytown Productions