The Deadly Dames / A Dum-Dum for the President - Softcover
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Two hardboiled private detective novels set in Montreal, originally published in the late 1950s and early 60s under the author's two pseudonyms, Malcolm Douglas and Martin Brett.
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The Deadly Dames Montreal is in the midst of a heatwave. And if that weren't miserable enough, private eye Bill Yates is hired by a lush to tail his wayward wife. Yates hates divorce cases. But this case has more than meets the eye. The lush's rich mother-in-law wants to hire Yates away from the case. Then she gets hit by a bus and killed. The lush fires Yates. His wife, Gloria, promptly hires Yates herself. Gloria's big sister, Fay, gets in on the act. Things get complicated. And between the boyfriend who wants to rough him up, the crooked cop who wants to bust him, the night club owner that wants to kill him, and several other characters who all seem to want to threaten Yates's personal health, the heatwave is the least of his troubles.A Dum-Dum for the President Montreal P.I. Mike Garfin doesn't believe Martha Davenport when she comes to him to help her locate her wayward sister. Later that evening, he runs into an old friend at a local bar, who invites him to a swank cocktail party. Garfin knows he's being set-up for something, and once there, he meets Tremblay, who takes him next door and introduces him to a mysterious Latin American gentleman known as Mr. Mirek. Garfin is asked to guard a key. The next day he discovers that Mirek is a powerful ex-president named Manuel Bordera. Something doesn't feel right. Then Miss Davenport comes back with a new story. And in no time at all, Garfin is being smacked, shot at, strangled and seduced as he tries to get to the bottom of the whole affair.
About the Author
Douglas Sanderson was born in Kent, England, in 1920, emigrating to Canada in 1947 after a stint with the Merchant Navy and the R.A.F during WWII. Having traveled all over Europe, he eventually moved to Spain, where he lived until his death in 2002. He wrote mystery thrillers during the 1950's and 60's under his own name as well as Martin Brett and Malcolm Douglas.
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- PublisherStark House Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1933586060
- ISBN 13 9781933586069
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages244
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