Book cover for Rafferty / To Find a Killer by Lionel White

Rafferty / To Find a Killer

2023 Released
356 Pages
5-7 Hours
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Stark House PressISBN 9798886010169

RAFFERTY


They all trust Jack Rafferty. His wife Martha never questions him. Jill, his mistress, is completely charmed by him. Even gangster Tommy Faricetti knows that Rafferty will always do right by him. But Rafferty has dedicated himself to making organized labor his career-by whatever means necessary-and his only real loyalty is to himself. Now a Congressional Committee has got him on the witness stand, asking him questions about his past, probing the secrets that his friends and loved ones trust him with. He knows that the union is behind him. But he also knows the only person who can save Jack Rafferty is Rafferty himself.


TO FIND A KILLER


Lt. Marty Ferris is the kind of cop who sees things in black and white. He's a good cop but has no patience for human failings. So when he begins to suspect that his wife is seeing someone on the side, he has her investigated, and finds out that she has a criminal past. Love turns to hate, and Ferris begins to plan his revenge. So when nightclub singer Billy Chamlers is found murdered, he decides to set up one of the suspects. Sam Duffy, her seedy agent, seems a good fit. But ex-con Willy Holiday is even better. It doesn't take much to badger them both into submission. In Ferris' world, they're all guilty... and one of them is going to murder his wife.

Lionel White

Lionel White (1905-1985) was an American crime writer known for his tightly plotted heist novels and influential contributions to mid-twentieth-century noir fiction. His works, including Clean Break (adapted into Stanley Kubrick's film The Killing), are recognized for their precision, realism, and psychological tension.

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