num_pages: 532
description: Earl Swagger is tough as hell. But even tough guys have their secrets. Plagued by the memory of his abusive father, apprehensive about his own impending parenthood, Earl is a decorated ex-Marine of absolute integrity--and overwhelming melancholy. Now he's about to face his biggest, bloodiest challenge yet.It is the summer of 1946, organized crime's garish golden age, when American justice seems to have gone to see for good. Nowhere is this more true than in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the reigning capital of corruption. When the district attorney vows to bring down the mob, Earl is recruited to run the show. As casino raids erupt into nerve-shattering combat amid screaming prostitutes and fleeing johns, the body count mounts--along with the suspense.
language: English
title: Hot Springs
titlecomplete: Hot Springs (Earl Swagger, #1)
characters: Earl Swagger
genres: Fiction, Action, Historical, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Crime, Suspense
ratings_count: 5217
places: Hot Springs, Arkansas
series: Earl Swagger
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Hammett Prize
publisher: Pocket Books