Rat City

by Curt Colbert

Overview

Who is Big Ed and why does he wanmt detective Jake Rossiter Pushing up daisies? To find out. Rossiter- with the help of his able bodied girl Friday, Miss Jenkins - digs through layers of vice and violence in Seattle's seamy underbelly, until he uncovers a case of corruption and prejudice that pits him toe to-toe with hysterical dames, out of town muscle and the entire Rat City police force.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781941890677
Publisher:	Northwest Corner Books
Publication date:	03/31/2020
Series:	Jake Rossiter & Miss Jenkins Mystery , #1
Pages:	314
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Curt Colbert is a Vietnam vet, who is also a poet an avid student of history, and a boxing fan. He has written three hard-boiled historical PI novels set in Seattle in the 1940's, the first of which, Rat City, was nominated for a Shamus Award. He was the editor of Seattle Noir, an anthology of noir short stories set in Seattle. In addition, under the penname, Waverly Curtis, Curt co-authored five humorous mysteries in the Barking Detective series with his writing partner, Waverly Fitzgerald. Curt lives in the Seattle suburb of Mountlake Terrace with his understanding wife, Stephanie, and under the thrall of their somewhat demanding cat, Miss Kitty.

Editorial Reviews

"A raw, hard-boiled time machine back to blue collar Seattle in the '40s, with a jolt of Jackson Street jazz that burns when it goes down, like a good slug of rye. Rat City is fly!" Paul de Barros

" With the mere stroke of a pen Curt Colbert may have resurrected the late Sam Spade in the form of one Jake Rossiter" Norm Harris

From the Publisher

It's Seattle in the 1940s, and pool-sharks, bookies, jazz musicians, drunken coroners, shady cops and street-smart PIs all jockey for position and try to stay alive. In Rat City: A Jake Rossiter & Miss Jenkins Mystery, Curt Colbert's first novel, Jake narrowly avoids death by shooting dead his assailant, Big Ed; when he tries to find out why Big Ed wanted him dead, Jake discovers a ring of corruption and crime that surprises even him. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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