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      The Snarl of the Beast

      by Carroll John Daly
      Published
      Feb 1982
      Main Genre
      Mystery Mystery
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      228
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      A Race Williams Mystery

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      Before Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, Before Dashiell Hammett's The Red Harvest, there was Carroll John Daly's The Snarl of the Beast, the first true hard-boiled detective novel. Featuring Race Williams, a private detective afraid of no man, it is a complex story of murder and inheritance in which Williams must outwit not only the police and a beautiful blonde cat burglar, but a homicidal maniac reputed to be bullet proof. Will his ready fists and forty-four revolvers be up to the task of confronting his foes against the background of deceit, double-crossing, and gunplay? And ultimately will he silence . . . The Snarl of the Beast?

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      Suspense

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      Mystery

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      First Edition Jan 1982 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780060974350 ISBN10 0060974354
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