Publisher's Synopsis
It's 1946 and in a city that doesn't even know its name, crime lurks amongst the rats in every rainy alley, and it's up to detective Stark Raving to rub it out. As he fights the forces of darkness through a haze of scotch and regret, Raving comes face to face with his demons and his own gruesome death at the hands of the nastiest, stabbiest crime lord in the country. "Dead dames, blonde bombshells, gumshoes, and roscoes-Brand and Hart deliver the goods in this hilarious satirical parody of the golden age of pulp fiction." - Dashiell Chandler Spillane "The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. But not Brand and Hart. They are just broken." - Ernest P. Hemingway "If James Patterson went insane and wrote a manuscript in feces on the wall of his cell, this would be the book." - Effing Scott Fitzgerald
