New York P.I. Larry Kent swings into action knocking out a slavery ring in this entry in the long-running series by Australian author Desmond Dunn, One More for the Road.
This series came out as a response to the Carter Brown series, another Australian writing rat-a-tat style detective novels with hot .45s and cold dames, and spawned several hundred entries.
Dunn delivers about what you would expect, with hard-boiled beats and a lack of finely-shaded observations on gender, race, and the leading social issues of the day. Most surprisingly, Kent is a Viet Nam vet, although the story reads with more of a 40s-50s vibe.
Fun for those who like this kind of pulp.
I read this one quickly from my beloved Kindle.
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