Hugh Holton, Author . Forge $25.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-312-87784-2
Larry Cole, Chicago PD chief of detectives, takes on the local mob, petty police bureaucrats, the Vatican, his willful son and a beautiful international master thief who might steal the divorced detective's heart in this welcome addition to an...
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Jesse James, Jack the Ripper, the Corleones, Hannibal Lecter—great villains make great reading. And while Holton's (The Left Hand of God) 10th and unfortunately last (he died in 2001) Larry Cole novel lacks continuity and cumulative...
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Hugh Holton, Author . Forge $24.95 (303p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0139-0
Stilted prose and improbable situations mar the 10th and last novel to feature Chicago cop Larry Cole (after Criminal Element
) from police lieutenant Holton (1947–2001). Eight years after murdering a watchmaker in Switzerland, international...
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Hugh Holton, Author . Forge $25.95 (318p) ISBN 978-0-312-86820-8
Best known for his Chicago-based mystery series (Time of the Assassins,
etc.), Holton, who died in 2001, compiled a compelling nonfiction collection of black officers' experiences in American law enforcement. While the majority of the 28...
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Hugh Holton, Author Forge $22.95 (319p) ISBN 978-0-312-85711-0
Two of the least believable killers in recent crime fiction stumble and cackle their way through Chicago as Holton (Presumed Dead) loses his way somewhere between a procedural and a parody of gothic horror. Chicago billionaire Neil DeWitt likes to...
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Hugh Holton, Author Forge $24.95 (480p) ISBN 978-0-312-86763-8
The new outing for high-ranking African-American Chicago cop Larry Cole is an ambitious but cluttered mix of clandestine politicking, crooked gambling and black magic. In rural Mississippi in 1956, a secret organization, the Human Development...
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Hugh Holton, Author Forge $23.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-85984-8
Lurid, pulpy violence drives the third outing of Chicago police commander Larry Cole (Windy City), a twisty tale of mob power and politics. When two hit men are murdered before they can carry out their contract on a U. S. senator, Cole suspects a...
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Hugh Holton, Author Forge $23.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-86281-7
Holton, a 27-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, has now written four hefty novels (most recently, Chicago Blues) about fictional CPD Commander Larry Cole. While the first three books were occasionally well-received, Holton takes a sharp...
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