This Spanish-language pulp detective story features Rusty Cradock, a WWII veteran recently returned to San Francisco. Cradock, seeking revenge against his former partner Andrew "Slim" Hamilton who stole his fortune while he served, discovers a lucrative job opportunity: a wealthy woman named Susan Forrest needs him to investigate her fiancé's pending divorce from his temperamental Neapolitan ex-wife. Cradock accepts, aided by his Neapolitan friend Conradino "Dino" Arbiroyan, a former black-market operative. The investigation entangles multiple murder accusations—the fiancé is suspected in one killing, Cradock in another—while Cradock's old vendetta against Hamilton simmers. Cradock learns Hamilton now resides in Oakland, frequenting a woman named Cora Wilder's apartment afternoons between three and four o'clock, typically accompanied by thugs. A revenge plot regarding Cradock's wartime Naples service develops in the background.
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- Date
- 1953
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