{"product_id":"drawn-to-evil-and-the-scarlet-spade","title":"Drawn to Evil and The Scarlet Spade","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Harry Whittington and Eaton K. C Goldthwiate\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ace Double D-5\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1952 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.35\u003cbr\u003eCondition: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/pages\/paperback-book-grading\" title=\"Book Grades\"\u003eBook Grades. \u003c\/a\u003e Good. Moderate wear\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Fiction\/GGA\/Crime\/Mystery\/Pulp\u003cbr\u003ePages: 120\/184\u003cbr\u003e80126024E\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\"\u003eDrawn to Evil\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eGenre\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eHardboiled Crime Fiction \/ Film Noir\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eSummary\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: Written by pulp fiction pioneer Harry Whittington\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the story follows a narrator who becomes deeply obsessed with a beautiful woman named Liza Flynn\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He launches a relentless pursuit to track down her husband's killer\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Fueled by personal ambition and dark desire, his investigation pulls him straight into the dangerous underbelly of a city's crime syndicate\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. While it functions as a conventional mystery, the plot ultimately takes a violent, amoral, and incredibly dark turn\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Fsg96\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\"\u003eThe Scarlet Spade\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eGenre\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eHardboiled Detective Mystery \/ Vintage Sleaze Fiction\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eSummary\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: Written by Eaton K. Goldthwaite\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (originally under the title \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eCut for Partners\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this novel features his recurring series character, police Lieutenant Joseph Dickerson\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The plot centers around a gambling man trapped in a high-stakes, deadly game of \"killer take all\"\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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