num_pages: 54
description: A fast-paced mystery thriller and whodunit short fiction in the tradition and spirit of the hardboiled noir genre.When an elderly Spanish gentleman comes to Cartwright for help to find a missing girl, all hell breaks loose. The girl supposedly has in her possession an artifact which may, or may not be cursed. What Cartwright uncovers is a sordid tale of deceit, betrayal and murder stretching back generations,The Spanish Curse is the third in a collection of short stories featuring James Cartwright, a private investigator who plies his trade on the backstreets of Detroit. Cartwright is cynical, resourceful and tough. He lives by a moral code, one which he believes helps him distinguish right from wrong, fact from fiction, and truth from lies. But as Cartwright discovers during each of his cases, it's one thing to believe in the code and quite another to live by it.
language: English
title: The Spanish Curse: A James Cartwright Hard-Boiled Noir Short Mystery
publisher: Original Press