The Men From the Boys - (Black Gat Books) by Ed Lacy (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

THE MEN FROM THE BOYS

Marty Bond had been a famous cop in New York. But that was before he was "retired" from the force. Now he's a house dick at a crummy hotel, pimping, rousting, drinking too much. His stomach is killing him, and it comes as no surprise when the doctor says it might be a tumor. Knowing he must have cancer, Marty starts to plan a quicker exit.

That's when his stepson comes to him. An auxiliary cop working the streets, Lawrence thinks there was something fishy in a meat seller who cries robbery one minute, then changes his mind the next. Marty tells him to forget about it. But the kid investigates anyway, and is almost beaten to death. Now Marty figures it's time to take Lawrence's suspicions seriously. But what can an ex-cop on the skids do when all he has left are a few old skills, a cynical heart, and the little time remaining?

Review Quotes

"Lacy kept me flipping the pages through the sheer raw power of the prose ... I thoroughly enjoyed THE MEN FROM THE BOYS. Lacy takes us on a walk down some ugly streets and does a fine job of it."--James Reasoner, Rough Edges

"There's plenty to enjoy in this one."--Paperback Warrior

"Frank, provocative and untamed, Marty Bond is an impressively colourful, distinctive character whose presence makes this competent mystery novel infinitely more enjoyable... for all his crude, derogative talk, the reader can't help but root for him and want to find out how the story ends."--Nicholas Litchfield, Lancaster Guardian