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Jacoby's First Case
Jacoby's First Case
Author: J. C. S. Smith
Quentin Jacoby is a retired New York transit police living in co-op City in the Bronx and, at the age of 55, very tired of playing cards with 80 year old men. One night, at a local race way, one of his favorite haunts, he runs across a young girl in a dazed condition who first propositions him, then, when he gently turns her down, allows him to ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780451134837
ISBN-10: 0451134834
Publication Date: 3/10/1985
Pages: 254
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Publisher: Signet
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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What was a loud transit cop in a loud sport coat doing on the quiet streets of ultra posh Larchmont, New York? Quentin Jacoby, private detective-by-accident, wasn't letting those cool white pillars fool him. There was a lot more cooking back there than nouvelle cuisine.
Like drugs. Race fixing. A doctor Feelgood up to his stethoscope in organized crime. And the brutal slashing of a string of preppy prostitutes, was the beginning that made Jacoby's thirty years on the subways look like a day at the beach...


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