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Red Diamond

(1983)
Private Eye
(The first book in the Red Diamond series)
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Awards
1984 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (nominee)

He's a New York cabbie with a miserable life, his only escape reading the hard-boiled Red Diamond private eye novels. But when a series of mishaps leaves him with truly nothing, he becomes the tough private eye and embarks on an adventure the New York Times called a "tour de force." He was likened to "Don Quixote in a trenchcoat." The book received rave reviews from numerous newspapers, and was published in France, Spain, and Japan. Nominated for a Mystery Writers of America Edgar, join Red in a funny, hardboiled adventure.


Genre: Mystery

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