WINNER OF THE EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. —- Retired private eye Jake Spanner may have gotten old, but he hasnít gone soft. When an old gangster Jake put away some forty years ago shows up at his door, itís time for Jake to grab his hat and Browning automatic and get back to work. Old? Sure. Slower to catch his breath? Maybe. But, sharp as a tack and with a lifetime of investigating know-how, Jake Spanner has nothing to lose and everything to prove. Sniffing out leads between Sunset Boulevard and the Hollywood Hills, Jake pulls in old friends to help. The work is hard; itís gritty. So is Jake. And, with a three quarters of a million dollars ransom at stake, the bad guys donít stand a chance. With THE OLD DICK, author L.A. Morse creates a new kind of hero, one that laughs at death not because heís too young to understand it, but because itís right around the corner. Itís time to face it head on and maybe go out swinging. For more from L.A. Morse, check out THE FLESH EATERS, THE BIG ENCHILADA, and SLEAZE, sizzling thrillers also published by E-Reads.