Marty Bond
Created by Ed
Lacy (pseud. of Leonard S. Zinberg;
1911-1968)
MARTY BOND is a formerly-notorious New York cop, fired from the Force, and now scraping the bottom as an alcoholic house dick in a ratty hotel, running scams and protecting petty rackets, until his stepson is almost beaten to death after stumbling onto a killing.
Author Lacy (actually Leonard S. Zinberg) is best known for creating the ground-breaking African-American private eye Toussaint Moore, but he's also responsible for some other fine hard-boiled detectives, including as Hal Darling, Barney Harris, John O'Hara, Matt Ranzino, Lee Hayes and William Wallace.
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Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.