One lonely night
By: Mickey Spillane
Series: Mike Hammer novel
Publisher: Orion Books; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781409158677; 9781471917950
Copyright date: 1951
Subjects: Fiction; Private investigators; Missing persons
Description: PI Mike Hammer is out for a late-night walk in the rain when he sees a woman being pursued across a bridge. He deals with the man, but, terrified, the woman jumps to her death. Pat Chambers, Hammer's police department friend, identifies the pair as Communists. Into the mix comes Oscar, the insane brother of a political candidate on an anti-corruption ticket, who Hammer must deal with so that the politician's career prospects aren't spiked. But is Oscar really what they say he is? Meanwhile, Velda, Hammer's adored secretary, goes missing, and Hammer soon finds out that the two incidents are linked by a deadly thread ...
Notes: Originally published: New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1951.