A Clue to the Copper

<p>Roderick Hayle-once a decorated Air Service captain once a condemned killer-lives again as Silver Skull: a haunted avenger with a silver plate in his skull and a single mission to undo the crimes his darker self once enabled. In <em>A Clue to the Copper </em>Richard Howells Watkins delivers a relentless hardboiled noir of high-flying escapes brutal underworld cleanups and a hunt for the unseen mastermind known only as the Copper. From ruined airfields and storm-lashed islands to smoky tenements and shotgun-studded streets Silver Skull tracks crooked pawnbrokers corrupt fences and the lethal Fingy Catlin-each clue dragging him closer to a voice on the telephone that owns a city's crime. Brilliantly paced and crackling with pulp-era atmosphere Watkins blends aerial adventure forensic cunning and gritty detective work into a crime thriller that reads like a lost classic of pulp noir. For readers of classic mystery noir detective fiction and vintage crime thrillers <em>A Clue to the Copper</em> is a must-read: a taut atmospheric mystery series that restores honor to a broken man and delivers payback to the underworld.</p>