{"product_id":"the-golden-girl-and-all-ralph-dennis-9781732065680","title":"The Golden Girl and All","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe third novel in Ralph Dennis' great, but hard-to-find 1970s detective series that's been sought-after for decades by readers of the very best in crime fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eJim Hardman was an Atlanta cop until he was wrongly accused of corruption and thrown off the force. Now he works as an unlicensed PI, trouble-shooter and bodyguard...often partnered with his drinking buddy Hump Evans, a black, ex-NFL player who supports his playboy lifestyle by working as hired muscle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardman is hired to find Peggy Holt, a drug dealer, stripper, and serial seductress who has kidnapped her six-year-old daughter from her ex-husband. Peggy has disappeared into an Atlanta underworld populated by the dirty cops, crooked lawyers and violent mobsters that she's bedded and betrayed...and who keep coming back for more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only way Hardman can find her is to follow the trail of corpses that she's left in her wake... without becoming one himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale and an afterword by Richard A. Moore. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the HARDMAN novels\u003c\/b\u003e: \"Like Chandler and Hammett before him, Dennis was trying to do something different with what was thought of as throwaway literature.\" Joe R. Lansdale, from his introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Among the best series books around. The dialogue is marvelously realistic.\" Philadelphia Daily News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Dennis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1732065683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732065680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cutting Edge Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ralph Dennis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991828300031,"sku":"9781732065680","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b926fc8-f85b-47a5-a811-f4bde1118498.jpg?v=1683312465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-golden-girl-and-all-ralph-dennis-9781732065680","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}