Detective (Stanley Hastings Mystery Book 1)

Stanley Hastings, the world's most unlikely private eye, a struggling actor/writer trying to support his wife and kid in New York City, who chases ambulances for a negligence lawyer and carries a camera instead of a gun and photographs accident victims and the cracks in the sidewalk that tripped them, tackles his first real case, tracking down the murderers of a client he could not save because he wasn't a real detective.

1988 Edgar Award Best First Mystery Nominee
1988 Shamus Award Best First Mystery Nominee

"Highly entertaining ... this is zesty, shrewdly paced caper-comedy€"reminiscent of the best of (among others) Lawrence Block and Joe Gores." €"Kirkus Reviews

"As suspensful as it is hilarious!" €"Philadelphia Daily News

"A gritty, entertaining mystery!" €"Publishers Weekly

"A terrific page-turner of classic detection." €"Drood Review