Hot Springs
Subtitle: an Earl Swagger novel
By: Stephen Hunter
Edition: Pocket Star books pbk ed.
Publisher: Pocket Star Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9781451627237
Subjects: Gangsters; Veterans; Earl Swagger (Fictitious character); World War, 1939-1945; Fiction
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 seed 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"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes an excerpt from Stephen Hunter's Havana.