Blurb:
Another case has fallen onto
the desk of Tootsie Carter; a female detective armed with a snub-nosed Colt
.38, unmatchable wit, and a pocketful of Tootsie Rolls.
New York City, 1975
A missing wife. The seedy underbelly of the boxing
world. Lace your gloves and ring the bell, PI Tootsie Carter is on the case.
When a desperate man stumbles into her office,
pleading for help locating his wife, Tootsie launches into the investigation.
Following the clues, she uncovers a boxing
racketeer with a deadly agenda. Can Tootsie deliver the one-two punch that
brings the woman home safe? Or will more bodies fall to the mats?
My review:
The author takes you to 1975
NYC and having lived there then I have to say she nailed the atmosphere of the
times. Tootsie is a smart woman driven to emulate her hero Dick Tracy but found
that sexism in the Police Department was so rampant she wasn’t going to be able
to make the difference she feels compelled to effect. We go back to the days of
Howard Cosell and Don King when boxing was new again but criminals were still trying
to make a buck off of the athletes putting their bodies on the line. Tootsie
and her friends are a terrific read and made me nostalgic for the old
neighborhood.
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