Good Lord Deliver Us - Z Detective Author:John Stockmyer Big Bob Zapolska. Bob Zapolska. Big Bob Z. The Z-man. Z. Call him what you will, a quick look at Bob ZapolskaÂ's credentials says heÂ's a poor excuse for a private eye. He never went to Âsleuthing school, instead, reads P.I. paperbacks to learn the gum-shoe game. HeÂ's not even a former copÂthe kind bounced from the f... more »orce when caught with his hand too deep in the cookie jar. ZÂ's office is a Âtwo holer in the Âcheap rent district. HeÂ's doesnÂ't have a license. HeÂ's never Âpacked a rod. HeÂ's certainly a loner. He may be a loser. He canÂ't lay claim to being more than a two-bit P.I. on any day of any week. YetÂpush coming to shoveÂitÂ's good to have the Z-man on your side. Ordinarily. But when confronted with a Âghost houseÂ; when thrown together with a girl so Âfrolicsome sheÂ'd be a threat to any manÂ's long term ÂrelationshipÂ; having to face a hit man while fending off both mania and mayhemÂto say nothing of discovering those Âinterestingly mutilated bodies in the basementÂeven Bob Zapolska could wish to be a child again, one guarded by that hoary Scottish prayer: From goulies and ghosties
And long-leggety beasties
And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, Deliver Us!« less