{"id":1497,"date":"2020-06-18T08:50:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T07:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2020-06-18T08:50:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T07:50:37","slug":"hardcase-by-dan-simmons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1497","title":{"rendered":"Hardcase by Dan Simmons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hardcase by Dan Simmons is the first of three hardboiled detective novels featuring the character of Joe Kurtz.\u00a0It is more of a thriller than a murder mystery story, although there are a lot of killings in the book.<\/p>\n<p>It starts with PI <span id=\"freeText9435291496771400237\">Joe Kurtz taking revenge&#8230;..revenge that costs him eleven years in Attica prison. While there he\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color:var(--color-text);\">protects Little Skag Farino, son of <\/span><span style=\"color:var(--color-text);\">Byron Farino, Don of a Mob family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeText9435291496771400237\">Now released from prison Kurtz needs a job. He can&#8217;t go back to being a PI, but he can still investigate, so he gets a job with the <span style=\"color:var(--color-text);\">Farino Family <\/span><\/span><span id=\"freeText9435291496771400237\">to track down their missing accountant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeText9435291496771400237\">But rather than follow the missing person investigation, the story twists into a plot of <\/span>turf warfare and mobsters\u00a0<span style=\"color:var(--color-text);\">vying for Farino&#8217;s throne. Throw in a price on <span id=\"freeText9435291496771400237\">Kurtz head for previous investigations and people who don&#8217;t want <\/span><\/span><span id=\"freeText9435291496771400237\">the accountant found and you have the makings of a fantastic thriller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeText9435291496771400237\">As the story twists and turns, the body count rises and Kurtz no longer knows who he can trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A gripping read.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1496\" style=\"width: 2736px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34lIih7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1496\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/04\/img_2815.jpg\" alt=\"Hardcase by Dan Simmons - photo by Juliamaud\" width=\"2736\" height=\"3648\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hardcase by Dan Simmons &#8211; photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Available from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34lIih7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0316213438\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0316213438&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=96922ceda532d844df2f06ad9fb60ed7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ASIN=0316213438&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0316213438\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Join City Adventurers and discover mysteries\u2026..<\/h3>\n<p>Join our club for people who want to live life to the full. 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