Bill "the Hook" Lockwood
Created by Brad Latham

BILL LOCKWOOD, better known by his nickname "The HOOK", which he received in his boxing days, is a World War I veteran turned high-living chief investigator for the Transatlantic Insurance Company in these five period piece PBO's set in the 1930's. He's a suave gent, with a definite touch of class. He lives in a swanky hotel, drives a gunmetal-grey 1937 Cord convertible, smokers Camels and carries a Dunhill lighter, not to mention a Colt .38. One character claims Bill looks "like he just stepped out of an ad for Arrow shirts."

The Hook appeared in five PBOs, part of Warner's Men of Action Books line).

UNDER OATH

• "Good, dirty fun, with graphic sex, plentiful gunplay, and more car chases than an episode of Rockford... Pure cheese....but tasty. Anyone got a spare copy of five?"
  (Christopher Mills)

NOVEL

• The Hook #1: The Gilded Canary (1981)
• The Hook #2: Sight Unseen (1981)
• The Hook #3: Hate Is Thicker Than Blood (1981)
• The Hook #4: The Death Of Lorenzo Jones (1982)
• The Hook #5: Corpses In The Cellar (1982)

Report respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.