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Sucker Bait
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First published January 1, 1955
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March 26, 2020
Once I started this book, I couldn't put it down! Exciting, puzzling, full of danger, interesting characters.
This is a hard-boiled detective novel, published in 1955. The main character is a private investigator named Carl Good.
This is a hard-boiled detective novel, published in 1955. The main character is a private investigator named Carl Good.
November 22, 2024
How could I not read a book titled Sucker Bait?
Carl Good is a Chicago P.I. who gets hired by a little old lady to find her missing daughter. That search leads him to the middle of a deadly con, and he gets framed for murdering one of the con artists. But the book (and Carl) doesn't end there—it just keeps digging deeper and deeper into the mystery as the dames get more and more sultry and the dead bodies accumulate around them.
This was a ton of fun. Saber (pen name of Wisconsin resident Milton Ozaki) spins a great yarn here with plenty of reveals and surprises. And great lines along the way. "She struck a pose so corny that I half-expected it to strike her back." "...she was kissing me like a French horn in reverse." It's so over the top that it just makes me smile.
5 stars might be a star too many, but I had too much fun reading it to deny Sucker Bait the praise.
Carl Good is a Chicago P.I. who gets hired by a little old lady to find her missing daughter. That search leads him to the middle of a deadly con, and he gets framed for murdering one of the con artists. But the book (and Carl) doesn't end there—it just keeps digging deeper and deeper into the mystery as the dames get more and more sultry and the dead bodies accumulate around them.
This was a ton of fun. Saber (pen name of Wisconsin resident Milton Ozaki) spins a great yarn here with plenty of reveals and surprises. And great lines along the way. "She struck a pose so corny that I half-expected it to strike her back." "...she was kissing me like a French horn in reverse." It's so over the top that it just makes me smile.
5 stars might be a star too many, but I had too much fun reading it to deny Sucker Bait the praise.
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