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Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant, very single partner, and a low paying job as a Miami homicide detective, Hoke moves to Singer Island and vows never step foot on the mainland again. But on the street, career criminal Troy Louden is hatching plans of his own with a gang including a disfigured hooker, a talentless artist, and a clueless retiree. But when his simple robbery results in ruthless and indiscriminate bloodshed, Hoke quickly remembers why he is a cop and hurls himself back into the world he meant to leave behind forever.A masterly tale of both mid-life crisis and murder, Sideswipe is a page-turning thriller packed with laughs, loaded with suspense, and featuring one of the truly original detectives of all time.From the Trade Paperback edition.When his personal and professional life suddenly went to hell one morning, Florida homicide detective Hoke Moseley bailed out. But his reclusive lifestyle on Singer Island wouldn't last for long. Not a stone's throw away, a slick, handsome psychopath is planning his next armed robbery--a heist that would jolt the curmudgeon retiree back into a world gone very, very bad. Reprint.