{"product_id":"9781771623957","title":"Mr. Good-Evening","description":"Author: John MacLachlan Gray\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781771623957\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: D \u0026amp; M Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Jan 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe open-and-shut case of the Fatal Flapper just won't stay closed in this thrilling and immersive 1920s-era murder mystery-the third instalment in the Raincoast Noir series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGray brilliantly returns us to his wonderfully vivid, sinuously imagined Vancouver, this time six months before the Crash. Superb.\u003c\/i\u003e  -William Gibson, author of \u003ci\u003eNeuromancer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiss Dora Decker doesn't look like the sort of young woman capable of stabbing her employer, stockbroker Ralph M. Tucker, twenty-five times with her high-heeled shoe; yet, thanks to a slow news day, she has become internationally famous as the Fatal Flapper, and the police are only too happy to make the arrest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Ed McCurdy, former muckraking journalist, has traded his typewriter for a career reading radio news as Mr. Good-Evening, Canada's first \"radio personality.\" As a celebrity he draws resentment and paranoia from far and near, and he worries that the next murder victim will be himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspector Calvin Hook scours the wet, boozy streets of gritty 1920s Vancouver, piecing together a mystery that somehow connects Al Capone, Winston Churchill and Brother Osiris, the leader of a mystical cult on DeCourcy Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Good-Evening joins The White Angel and Vile Spirits as the third in a trilogy Gray calls Raincoast Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852842979486,"sku":"ADS-9781771623957","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781771623957.jpg?v=1779063497","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781771623957","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}