Top Of The Heap is another in the Hard Case Crime series. This time it’s by Erle Stanley Gardner and details a complicated investigation involving seedy motels, mob leaders, shady companies, strippers, and illegal gambling dens. All the ingredients to make a good noir thriller then.
I’ll admit that I didn’t find it quite as noirish, or as entertaining as Grifter’s Game did, but I’ll stick with this series as they’re trashy enough to make great reads, but not so trashy that they’re not actually worth reading.