{"product_id":"strictly-poison-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Strictly Poison: and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRich Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles Boeckman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the pulp era comes twenty-two hardboiled stories of hardboiled suspense. You'll meet embittered detectives, shifty conmen, and henpecked losers -- sad people trying to escape their dreary lives. Charles Boeckman wrote for pulps and slick magazines, while pursuing a full-time career as a musician. His jazz background figures into several stories, reaching a two-fisted crescendo.The stories in this anthology were originally published in various pulp magazines -- and now they appear together, wrapped in a breath-taking cover by Robert A. Maguire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Boeckman left home in the early 1940s and became a jazz musician, traveling the country, kicking around between New York City and New Orleans. He purchased a used typewriter and began pounding out hardboiled stories between gigs. Boeckman's stories appeared in Dime Detective, Manhunt, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and many others. For ProSe Press, he developed the Johnny Nickle jazz-detective series. He co-authored several romance novels with his wife Patti during the 1980s, and maintained a steady output of fiction until his death in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52534966649139,"sku":"9781508671220","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/N3lkWjk0dktrL2c5aDRRYmxPYmV3dz09.webp?v=1760770636","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/strictly-poison-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}