Hellbent on Homicide — Gary Lovisi

First-rate hard-boiled fiction. Mike Hammer probably crossed paths with Griff and Fats, who live in the back alleys of Jim Thompson country."" - Booklist. It's ""Bay City,"" 1962 - a time of peace and trust, when girls hitch-hiked without a care. But for an ice-hearted killer, it's a time of easy pickings. When he kills the daughter of a rich power-broker all hell breaks loose, and now he goes on a crazy killing spree to ""cover it up."" Griff and Fats are free-wheeling homicide detectives who are pitted against a monster who tortures and kills, and time is running out. This police procedural novel is a hardboiled roller-coaster of sex, violence, and suspense. Also includes two Griff and Fats stories.