{"product_id":"diary-of-a-gumshoe-richard-gove-9798988291367","title":"Diary of a Gumshoe: The Mavis Hollister Entry","description":"\u003cp\u003e In a single motion I rose, aimed at the middle of the goon's chest, and squeezed off three quick rounds. All three slugs found their mark - more or less where I'd intended - and the impact sent the intruder tumbling backward like a drunken acrobat. The poor sap was dead before his shoes stopped twitching on the hallway tile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e My name's West - Elias West - and I'm a Private Investigator. All you really need to know about my current case is this clumsy fool isn't the first guy I've killed this week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And it's only Wednesday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It's 1949, and Elias West is an L.A. Private Detective working out of a humble, one-room office just off Wilshire, years before Wilshire became synonymous with snobbish wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He's been around the block a few times and he's single, traits which usually go hand in hand in this town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Elias is honest (when he has to be) and resourceful (as necessity dictates). Being a gumshoe brings him in contact with a lot of folks, and he scratches out a living off good guy money while bearing bad guy scars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e West admits his life isn't all peaches and cream, but he's carved out a comfortable Southern California routine of sporadic work and plenty of good Scotch while waiting for opportunity to knock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But on a fateful day in April, a beautiful dame knocked instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Gove\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798988291367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crazyrichpress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Richard Gove","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48014447149311,"sku":"9798988291367","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diary-of-a-gumshoe-richard-gove-9798988291367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}