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Uncle Sam, Detective
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781667665078
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: Feb 19 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Across a string of cases set in early-twentieth-century America, a federal investigator is dispatched wherever local boundaries give criminals room to operate. A moonshine network in rough country, confidence schemes in growing cities, and border-side rackets all demand the same thing: evidence that will stand when money and intimidation close in.
Each episode follows the slow, methodical work-cultivating informants, testing alibis, tracking documents, and laying traps that rely on patience more than force. The stakes rise as well-placed figures try to redirect blame and erase paper trails, turning every lead into a question of timing and proof. The result is a brisk, procedural-minded detective book built around cases that widen from one suspect to an entire system.
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