{"product_id":"red-sockets-sam-seegmiller-9798991176507","title":"Red Sockets: A 1950's Los Angeles Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKraus could feel the blood drain from his face. Only his police training\u003cbr\u003eand combat experience kept him from throwing up. He looked at the covered body, \u003cbr\u003ethen back at Laveroni.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Go ahead,\" Laveroni said. \"We've been here since four-thirty. Got all the preliminaries.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles - 1956\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer LAPD policeman, Gordon \"Gordy\" Kraus, has been a private detective since\u003cbr\u003ecoming home to Los Angeles after a tough war. After years of patrolling the streets of Los Angeles, \u003cbr\u003ethen two years as a military policeman in the grimness of post-war Berlin, he swore never\u003cbr\u003eto involve himself in another homicide investigation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA corpse turning up in an East L.A. alleyway forces Kraus to break his oath. The LAPD\u003cbr\u003eisn't interested in investigating the murder. Kraus has a personal connection to the victim.\u003cbr\u003eHe enlists the aid of a cagey female con artist he'd been pursuing and together they begin their\u003cbr\u003ehunt for the killer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir search leads them to illegal gambling dens, ruthless mobsters, seedy pool halls, desperate\u003cbr\u003eblackmail targets and a mysterious Los Felix mansion. Every new discovery seems to point to a\u003cbr\u003enew type of company: an \"\u003ci\u003eelectronics distributor\u003c\/i\u003e\". \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTransistors. Diodes. Potentiometers. Capacitors. Resistors. Building blocks for an emerging, \u003cbr\u003etransistorized world. Quick deliveries. Quicker money. Loads of it. But money can never come quickly\u003cbr\u003eenough or in great enough amounts for some people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCould the birth of a new industry have led to the death of an ex-cop?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreed and murder are as old as prehistoric cave paintings. Kraus learns they're no less deadly\u003cbr\u003ein a world of modern technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Seegmiller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798991176507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Raw Noir Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.74d","brand":"Sam Seegmiller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46233295618303,"sku":"9798991176507","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c7830fe-c628-42cd-8066-3a11d7c9ed15.jpg?v=1728992618","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-sockets-sam-seegmiller-9798991176507","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}