A Tom Collins To Go

By Jim Hart

Times change, but when it comes to certain genres of literature, sometimes the old ways are the best ways.

Jim Hart has created a powerful rendering of the golden era of the private eye story in his new novel, A Tom Collins to Go. The work chronicles the adventures of private eye Harry Parker who works in the Big Apple back in the days when it was still Gotham City. Harry drinks too much, laments his failed marriage, longs for his ex and scratches out a living as a hardscrabble PI. Which all lends to his ‘don’t give a damn’ demeanor and what makes him so lovable.

"A Tom Collins to Go." Hart successfully brings back the golden era of the private eye story, reminiscent of the works of Dashiell Hammett and Mickey Spillane. In a world where modern detective novels often stray from the classic formula, Hart's novel stands out as a nostalgic homage to the genre's roots.

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