Sharky's Machine

By William Diehl

Book Overview

Italy, 1944: A squad of American soldiers on a dangerous secret mission is ambushed and slaughtered . . . and a fortune in gold vanishes. Hong Kong, 1959: An aging American colonel, haunted by his wartime past, is brutally murdered in a luxurious brothel. Atlanta, 1975: The last survivor of the fatal World War II ambush in Italy is executed at point blank range in a parking lot. Blowing away a crazed, gun-wielding drug dealer on a crowded city bus gets police detective Sharky bounced from the narc squad into the dreaded dregs of the department--vice. That's where he stumbles on a high-priced call girl and her pimp who are fleecing rich johns in an even higher-priced blackmail scam. Together with his "machine" of hard-bitten vice squad veterans, Sharky closes in for a big sting. He doesn't count on falling for Domino, his alluring target. Or falling into the middle of the murderous design she's a part of--involving a hot presidential candidate, the shadowy multimillionaire who's backing him, and the ice-cold assassin they're using to wipe out the past . . . before it blows their future to hell. "Every chapter crackles with sex, violence, and corruption." --The Washington Post "Fast-paced, attention-holding, hard-hitting." --Chicago Tribune "A slam-bang ending that should shock the most jaded thriller reader." --The Associated Press

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440075912
• ISBN13: 9780440075912
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

If you like William Diehl's work,don't miss this great read!

I have just read this as the hard cover is out of print and this came to life as a paperback. It is as good as ANY book he has written in his later years (I believe this was his first). While TAI HORSE still his best on my list, this is an exciting read. I finished it in two seatings. Great fun