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    The Last Goodbye
    The Last Goodbye
    The Last Goodbye
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    The Last Goodbye

    By Gary Lovisi

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    A routine traffic stop escalates into a mob vendetta, putting a good cop and his wife on the run. When he turns to his friend Vic Powers for help, everything hits the proverbial fan. Powers has already been kicked off the force for “brutality.” Now he’s got an excuse to demonstrate real brutality against some people who deserve it — an entitled mobster’s son, an animal abuser, and a smart-mouth private eye.
    Take our advice — stay on Vic’s good side.
    "The Last Goodbye" continues Gary Lovisi’s chronicles of hard-boiled tough guy Vic Powers, backed up by three additional Powers stories. The ex-cop turned private eye gets into as much trouble as he solves, but always manages to turn the tables on the bad guys — barely...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBold Venture Press
    Release dateOct 16, 2017
    ISBN9781370533381
    The Last Goodbye
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    Gary Lovisi

    Gary Lovisi lives in Brooklyn, New York and is a Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award nominated author for his crime fiction, and a Western Writers of America Spur Award Winner as editor. He is the founder of Gryphon Books, editor of Paperback Parade magazine, and the author of over twenty-five books, which include More Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Ramble House); Murder of A Bookman (Wildside Press); and his collection of 23 hard crime stories, Ultra-Boiled (Ramble House). His dark science fiction novel Mars Needs Books! (Wildside Press) and Sherlock Holmes: The Baron’s Revenge (Airship27 Productions) have garnered praise, while his Jon Kirk of Ares Trilogy: #1, The Winged Men, #2 The Invisible Men, and #3 The Space Men is heroic pulp SF series in the tradition of John Carter of Mars. Homicide Harvest continues Lovisi’s chronicles of his hard-boiled tough guys Griff & Fats. Learn more or contact him through the Gryphon Books website: www.gryphonbooks.com.

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