Dan J. Marlowe is interesting figure in world of crime fiction. After decades of working odd jobs and writing for television, at his forties he decided to write his own novels. So he created his anti-hero, criminal by the name of Drake. He was initially filthy thug until he got caught by police and ended up with screwed face. After escape from prison he is now nobody, person with many names and lots of connections. He teamed up with his criminal girl Hazel and together they went from adventure to adventure. Later novels turned him into some kind of James Bond figure.
Interesting to say, Dan J. Marlowe contacted convicted bank robber and regularly wrote letters to him in order to enhance his body of work. He also suffered amnesia later on, so he forgot all things he wrote.
This particular novel is good of its kind, telling a story about kidnapping Hazel's friend by unknown thugs.
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