Faded Coat of Blue

6 best books like Faded Coat of Blue (Owen Parry): Devil in a Blue Dress, The Bitterroots, The Grifters, The Cincinnati Red Stalkings, Hunting A Detroit Tiger, The Long Firm

Devil in a Blue Dress
AuthorWalter Mosley
When a jobless World War II vet named Easy Rawlins is hired to find a woman, he finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and murder. Can Easy find Daphne Monet without becoming another victim? And what secrets is Daphne Monet carrying?

Devil in a Blue Dress is a throwback to the pioneers of noir like...
The Bitterroots
AuthorC.J. Box
ISBN1250051053
A riveting new novel from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar-Award winning author.

Former police officer Cassie Dewell is trying to start over with her own private investigation firm. Guilty about not seeing her son and exhausted by the nights on stakeout, Cassie is nontheless managing...until...
The Grifters
AuthorJim Thompson
ISBN0316404055
To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworking salesman. He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket. He goes to work every day. He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character.

Yet, hidden behind...
AuthorTroy Soos
ISBN1575664089
The lazy days of June 1921 are dark ones for baseball fans as the trial of the Chicago "Black Sox" players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series begins. But utility infielder Mickey Rawlings thinks he has something to cheer about -- playing for the team that won that series, the Cincinnati Reds. Until...
AuthorTroy Soos
ISBN1575662914
It's 1920, and all Mickey Rawlings wants is a .250 batting average, 20 stolen bases, and a regular place in the Tigers' lineup. But when Emmett Siever, an old-time baseball player, is killed, Mickey finds himself accused of the crime. Now, with someone seeking revenge for Siever's murder and the baseball...
AuthorJake Arnott
ISBN0340748788
A peppy, stylish tour of the London underworld of the 60’s and 70’s, punctuated by sudden bursts of gruesome violence. This is the story of Harry Starks, an East End gangster, a charismatic, feared, and fearless man as told by five very different characters who encounter Harry at different stages...
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