They Fall Hard: A Gil Yates Private Investigator Novel

By Alistair Boyle

Gil Yates, PI is hired to investigate the mysterious life and death of a heavyweight boxing champion. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888310588
• ISBN13: 9781888310580
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Allen A. Knoll Publishers
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Great Story

Anyone who is an avid fan of mysteries and/or boxing will thoroughly enjoy Alistair Boyle's They Fall Hard. The story keeps the reader riveted to his/her seat until he/she finds out the solution to the mystery. The main character's search for the truth and love for plants is charming, and his "customized clichés" (8) are adorable. Best suited for people approximately high-school aged and older.

A hard-boiled detective story set in Las Vegas

They Fall Hard: A Gil Yates Private Investigator Novel is hard-boiled detective story set in Las Vegas. A mystery surrounding why a champion heavyweight king of first-round knockouts threw his fight with a rookie, and his untimely death at age thirty-eight become a reopened case in Yates' lap. His client, the champion's son, arranges a creative alternative to cash for payment, and Yates is on the case - from visiting country...