{"product_id":"the-short-night-ed-lacy-9781957868783","title":"The Short Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A mini-masterpiece...this book is really something special,\" \u003ci\u003ePaperback Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1957. Lester \"Red\" Dolsan is a former first baseman, now a talent scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, who is haunted by the suicide of his alcoholic wife...and the discovery that he may have fathered a child in a one-night stand with a lonely, concentration camp survivor with a fake name. His search for the child, and his former lover, leads him into a nightmare of crime, violence and betrayal, with a fortune hanging in the balance.\u003cp\u003e\"Turner spins this out neatly, peopling it with bit players who come alive on the page [including] one of the most engaging, mysterious ladies I've ever come across in crime fiction.\" Dan Stumpf, \u003ci\u003eMystery File \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lacy is an awesome writer, and his dialogue is among the best of that era. Dolsan is a tough, hardboiled knight-errant with a heart of gold. You'll really enjoy spending time with this character. In fact, all the characters are vividly-drawn and endlessly-interesting.\"\u003ci\u003e Paperback Warrior \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Taut, sexy. Combines elements of Spillane and Erle Stanley Gardner.\" \u003ci\u003ePeople Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRussell Turner was a pseudonym for Leonard S. Zinberg (1911-1968), best known for his work written as \"Ed Lacy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Lacy,Russell Turner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1957868783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957868783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cutting Edge Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Ed Lacy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800709902591,"sku":"9781957868783","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-short-night-ed-lacy-9781957868783","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}