My Gun Is Quick - Mike Hammer Author:Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer stops in a joint for a cup of coffee and for a few minutes share a second cup with a haunted young woman he calls Red in MY GUN IS QUICK by Mickey Spillane. — The girl is down on her luck and when a tough guy tries to pull of the cafe Mike sends the jerk on his way. In an rare act of kindness Mike gives the gi... more »rl $150 and tells her to spend it on new clothes then look for a job.The next day the young woman is killed by a hit-and-run driver. She has no name and a special ring is missing from her finger. Mike suggest to Pat Chambers she was murdered though the department rules it an accidental death.
Mike's hunt for the identity of the girl and her killer leads him through the maze of prostitution to the upper leagues of society. His hunt ends in the flames of a rundown hotel, but not before the reader is treated to many unexpected twists of plot.
(by Nash Black, author of SINS OF THE FATHERS)« less