{"product_id":"alley-girl-a-hard-boiled-noir-thriller-of-murder-corruption-and-police-rot-paperback","title":"Alley Girl: A Hard-Boiled Noir Thriller of Murder, Corruption, and Police Rot - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Craig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Craig's \u003cem\u003eAlley Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is a hard, cold 1950s noir thriller of corruption, murder, desire, and police rot.\u003c\/strong\u003e First published by Lion Books in 1954, the novel follows Detective-Lieutenant Steve Lambert, a brutal and corrupt cop whose authority is built on intimidation, false confessions, and moral decay. When a murder case gives him leverage over a vulnerable suspect and the women around him, Lambert's greed and appetite pull him deeper into a vicious world of bribery, betrayal, violence, and fear. Later reissued as \u003cem\u003eRenegade Cop\u003c\/em\u003e, the book is a standalone crime novel that slightly precedes Craig's better-known 6th Precinct police procedurals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Black Curtain material all the way: nasty, compact, urban, sexually charged, and stripped of comforting illusions. Craig gives the reader a police thriller in which the danger does not come only from criminals outside the law, but from the badge itself. \u003cem\u003eAlley Girl\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to the same tough paperback world as mid-century hard-boiled crime, corrupt-cop noir, and postwar paperback originals: blunt in its psychology, fast in its movement, and built around characters whose weakness, hunger, and cruelty keep narrowing the exits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of noir fiction, hard-boiled crime, vintage paperback originals, corrupt-cop thrillers, and 1950s crime fiction, \u003cem\u003eAlley Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is a lean, ugly, effective novel from an underrated pulp-era writer. It is not polite mystery fiction; it is the sort of book that drags official respectability into the alley and shows what is already waiting there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67553728037112,"sku":"9781627550765","price":22.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/7bjpqqQrBU9781627550765.webp?v=1790841070","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/alley-girl-a-hard-boiled-noir-thriller-of-murder-corruption-and-police-rot-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}