The convincingly understated, witty repartee between guy and gal and their gangster pals prevents the book from descending, for even a paragraph, into period pulp parody. Especially graceful is the way Phillips lightens the plot's noir darkness with delightfully breezy dialogue. HE AGREED TO PROTECT HER FROM A VENGEFUL MOBSTER. HE JUST DIDN’T REALIZE HE’D HAVE TO JOIN THE MOB TO DO IT. The author deftly balances his lovestruck hero's terse yet tender introspection with hard-hitting physical action, as Corson's investigation of Tinsel Town's tarnished underside uncovers drug dealing, gangland vengeance and evidence that the heroine's history may hold even deadlier secrets. Fade to Blonde by Max Phillips: 9780857683137 : Books. And terrified blonde bombshell Rebecca LaFontaine looks like a classic damsel in distress when she hires Corson to protect her from murderous rejected suitor Lance Halliday, a Hollywood porn producer. Ex-boxer/failed screenwriter Ray Corson is as tough talking and as vulnerable to a pretty face as any 1940s gumshoe. Best known for his poetry and literary fiction (The Artist's Wife, etc.), Phillips contributes to a new crime imprint a hard-boiled whodunit sure to thrill fans of such Golden Age masters as James M.
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