The Fifth Script - Hardcover

Spencer, Ross H.

3.67

9 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1556111320 ISBN 13: 9781556111327

Publisher: Dutton, 1989

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Ex-police detective Lacey Lockington struggles to come to terms with the murder of his girlfriend, kills four vicious thugs in self-defense for which he is strongly criticized by a columnist for the Morning Sentinel and becomes number one suspect when other writers of the column start turning up dead

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About the Author:

Ross H. Spencer was born in Hughart, West Virginia and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. During World War II, he served with the 37th Infantry Division on New Georgia, on Bougainville, and in the Philippines. Following the war, he moved to Chicago to be near the Chicago Cubs, the ball club of his choice since 1932. He served again, this time with the Air Force during the Korean Emergency or whatever it was.Ross H. Spencer was the father of three wonderful daughters and the proud husband of Shirley, the most beautiful lady on earth. In 1987, he returned to Youngstown, Ohio, where he spent the remaining 11 years of his life.

From Publishers Weekly:

Spencer's latest is lumpy, burdened by supposedly funny gibes at fat ladies, and interminable. The central figure, Lacy Lockington, is a cop suspended from the force in Chicago when columnist "Stella Starbright" dubs him a kill-crazy officer, more dangerous than the crooks he shoots. Approached by Duke Denny, a private detective, Lockington agrees to replace Moose Katzenbach, who is quitting Denny's agency. Thus the off-duty policeman meets Stella S., his nemesis, aka Erika Elwood. Begging his pardon and his help, Elwood says she is marked for murder by the people who have killed her predecessors on the newspaper. Lockington becomes her bodyguard and bed partner. She is but one of many women eager for sex with the putative hero, whose libido is equaled only by his thirst for booze. Given the man's usual state, it is remarkable that he can follow the circuitous path of this sleazy mystery by the author of Death Wore Gloves.
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