Sideswipe
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Charles Willeford.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Moseley, Hoke (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.; Police -- Florida -- Miami -- Fiction.; Miami (Fla.) -- Fiction.
Description: Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant, very single partner, and a low paying job as a Miami homicide detective, Hoke moves to Singer Island and vows never step foot on the mainland again. But on the street, career criminal Troy Louden is hatching plans of his own with a gang including a disfigured hooker, a talentless artist, and a clueless retiree. But when his simple robbery results in ruthless and indiscriminate bloodshed, Hoke quickly remembers why he is a cop and hurls himself back into the world he meant to leave behind forever.