Charles Willeford: Sideswipe (UK 2014)

From the Publisher:
'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore Leonard
In a hot Florida summer, Sergeant Hoke Moseley's life is going to hell: his ex-wife just remarried, his teenage daughters want to quit school and his beat partner is eight months pregnant - and living in his house. A break seems long overdue, so Hoke decides to bail out, give up police work and watch the ocean roll.

But things don't always work out. A handsome, cowboy-hatted psychopath is planning another armed robbery - one that will draw a retiree into a life of crime and leave half-a-dozen bystanders dead. It's a case right up Hoke's alley: weird enough to catch his attention, personal enough to make him mad, and twisted enough to make Hoke forget he no longer wants to be a cop.

Charles Willeford: Sideswipe. With a Foreword by Lawrence Block. The Murder Room, ISBN: 9781471914317 (August, 2014), 897 KB (ca. 240 p.), £4.99.

Charles Willeford: Sideswipe (USA 2005)

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Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant, very single partner, and a low paying job as a Miami homicide detective, Hoke moves to Singer Island and vows never step foot on the mainland again. But on the street, career criminal Troy Louden is hatching plans of his own with a gang including a disfigured hooker, a talentless artist, and a clueless retiree. But when his simple robbery results in ruthless and indiscriminate bloodshed, Hoke quickly remembers why he is a cop and hurls himself back into the world he meant to leave behind forever.

A masterly tale of both mid-life crisis and murder, Sideswipe is a page-turning thriller packed with laughs, loaded with suspense, and featuring one of the truly original detectives of all time.

Charles Willeford: Sideswipe. A Hoke Moseley Novel. With an Introduction by Lawrence Block. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, ISBN: 9781400032488 (March, 2005), 215 p., $15.00.

Charles Willeford: Sideswipe (UK 2001)

From the Publisher:
A nervous breakdown, two daughters who want to quit school and a pregnant unmarried partner tells Hoke Moseley it is time to simplify his crazy life. Moving out of Miami to manage a small hotel seems a good idea - until psycho career criminal, Troy Louden, happens along with his makeshift gang that includes a little old man, a no-talent artist, a disfigured stripper and drags Hoke back to the job he thought he had left behind for ever...

Charles Willeford: Sideswipe. No Exit Press, ISBN: 1842430114 (November, 2001), 279 p., £7.99.

Charles Willeford: Sideswipe (USA 1996)

From the Publisher:
Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant, very single partner, and a low-paying job as a Miami homicide detective, Hoke moves to Singer Island and vows never to step foot on the mainland again. But on the street, career criminal Troy Louden is hatching plans of his own with a gang including a disfigured hooker, a talentless artist, and a clueless retiree. But when a simple robbery results in ruthless and indiscriminate bloodshed, Hoke quickly remembers why he is a cop and hurls himself back into the world he meant to leave behind forever.

Charles Willeford: Sideswipe. A Hoke Moseley Novel. With a new Introduction by Elmore Leonard. Dell, ISBN: 0440218829 (March, 1996), 288 p., $4.99.

Charles Willeford: Sideswipe (USA 1988)

From the Publisher:
Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant, very single partner, and a low-paying job as a Miami homicide detective, Hoke moves to Singer Island and vows never to step foot on the mainland again. But on the street, career criminal Troy Louden is hatching plans of his own with a gang including a disfigured hooker, a talentless artist, and a clueless retiree. But when a simple robbery results in ruthless and indiscriminate bloodshed, Hoke quickly remembers why he is a cop and hurls himself back into the world he meant to leave behind forever.

Charles Willeford: Sideswipe. A Hoke Moseley Detective Thriller. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 0345349474 (June, 1988), 279 p., $3.95.