The Cold Handshake

The Cold Handshake by Alan Bain.A noirish tale recalling the paperback Era.Pacific City, 1952.Crooked. Dirty. Contemptible. Dangerous.That's Largo. That's Pacific City.A grifter in the most remote, the most sleazy city in the world. Largo's life changed forever when he met the girl of his dreams: Rita Fleischer.This was a dame to take things real smooth with. A dame to live for. Now he could forget the scams, the mob bosses and the dirty money.Or he should've.Then Rita was murdered.She became a phantom, a ghost. Rita haunted Largo.And she'd haunt him all the way to the electric chair. . .Reader's caution: This story contains adult themes and frequent language that may cause offence.