Six on a Needle - Paperback

by Michael Zimmer (Author)

Two-Bit Street, 1946

Private investigator Lafayette Doyle isn't expecting company when a terrified, middle-aged accountant named Simon Tully-a family man with more information on the mob than is good for anyone's health-bursts through the door to his Two-Bit Street office. With a pair of killers just minutes behind him, Tully begs Lafe to help him escape. He needs to reach the FBI offices in Salt Lake City, thirty-five miles to the south. But first, he needs to survive the next few minutes.

Lafe leads Tully through a rooftop flight, a reckless car chase, and a desperate ride aboard a freight train, before the two finally slip free of pursuit. But that's only the beginning for Lafe. The mob has too many men looking for Tully, and they want Lafe, too-something about "tying up loose ends." Suddenly, thirty-five miles seems like a trip to the moon.