num_pages: 224
description: Poor Stanley Hastings! All his detective pursuits end in failure. So when Martin Albrecht comes to him with a case for a real detective, Stanley turns him away. Unfortunately, Stanley's accursed path leads to his finding Albrecht dead. Now that he's been challenged and has to take the case; maybe Stanley will finally prove that he's a real detective. To solve this case Stanley must descend into the modern-day inferno of drugs and mob operations. Will he come out of it alive.?
language: English
title: Detective
titlecomplete: Detective (Stanley Hastings #1)
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Humor, Crime
ratings_count: 299
places: New York (State)
series: Stanley Hastings
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best First PI Novel, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: E-Rights/E-Reads Ltd