{"product_id":"hard-boiled-christmas-stories-john-mcmahan-9780988563704","title":"Hard-Boiled Christmas Stories","description":"Gats, gals, gangsters, good guys, and even a little gore enliven the holidays in this top-shelf collection of nine great tales of Yuletide homicide from the golden days of the pulp magazines - plus the first new Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective story in more than 60 years, written by John Wooley, scripter of the 1990 made-for-TV movie featuring Marc Singer as the famed Tinseltown snoop. Ripped from the mouldering pages of the thrill-a-minute magazines of the 1930s and '40s, these fast-paced and thoroughly entertaining tales were penned by such great names of yesteryear as Steve Fisher, author of I Wake up Screaming; Zorro creator Johnston McCulley; and D. L. Champion, who contributes a story featuring one of the wildest detective characters ever: Inspector Allhoff, the sullen, legless coffee drunkard known for mercilessly browbeating his subordinates - and he's the hero  Featuring an evocative cover from noted artist David Saunders, Hard-Boiled Christmas Stories collects the best holiday-themed tough-guy yarns of a bygone era, adds a brand-new one written in the same style and spirit, and offers it all up as an offbeat and unforgettable entertainment package, suitable for slipping under any adventurous reader's Christmas tree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John McMahan, John Wooley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0988563703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988563704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reverse Karma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.34d","brand":"John McMahan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120548737279,"sku":"9780988563704","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c50fba6-c060-4a13-9cd1-9b4c5e4854b2.jpg?v=1687414945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hard-boiled-christmas-stories-john-mcmahan-9780988563704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}