While Herbie isn’t around these days, the diner with
his name is still in business forty miles south of Sacramento, California. It
is a good location if you don’t want to work much during the off season as
hardly anybody comes by on that lonely stretch of road. For private detective John
Harwood, it is hard to be undercover and part of the back ground when your face
has been used on bill boards and you are just about the only other customer in
the diner.
That is except for Mort Peters. Hardwood has been
following Mort Peters all over northern California for a case. A case that is
getting more complicated by the second now that Mort seems to have made him. The
fact that the waitress drew attention to him certainly didn’t help Harwood stay
inconspicuous. Her name is Arlene and her behavior isn’t helping nor is the
chicken dinner by way of the cook, Muncy.
Things get increasingly complicated in this novella mystery
written by L. Joseph Shosty. Set in 1950 this heavily atmospheric tale features
plenty of mystery and double crosses along with interesting characters and lots
of action. Herbie’s Diner pays
homage to the legendary radio style dramas of the past where nothing was as it
seemed and the hard working average guy had to live by wits and fists.
Published by Untreed Reads this one should definitely be on your reading list.
Herbie’s
Diner
L.
Joseph Shosty
Untreed
Reads Publishing
July
2014
ASIN#
B00M6KSA6I
E-Book
65
Pages
$0.99
Material supplied by the publisher in exchange for
my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2015
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