Free ebook: The Best That Ever Did It

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, December 14, 2007 10:14 AM | permalink

The Best That Ever Did It, by Leonard S. Zinberg (aka Ed Lacy), is a mystery novel from 1955.

Barney Harris, 248-pound auto mechanic and private investigator, is hired by a policeman's widow to root out police corruption and bring her husband’s murderer to justice.

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#1 posted by gabrielm

, December 14, 2007 10:25 AM

"private pnvestigator"
Anyone remember the show: Magnum P.P. ?

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#2 posted by Anonymous , December 14, 2007 10:42 AM

Ed Lacy wrote some great books! Thanks for posting this.

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#3 posted by allium , December 14, 2007 10:45 AM

Ah, for the days when weighing 248 pounds really meant something.

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#4 posted by JeffersonJ , December 14, 2007 10:53 AM

A pwnvestigator? Sounds pretty awesome.

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#5 posted by gabrielm

, December 14, 2007 3:15 PM

Just for everyone coming late to the game - Looks like Mark has now updated the typo in the quote.

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#6 posted by yendi , December 14, 2007 8:29 PM

For anyone wanting more info on Lacy, head here.

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#7 posted by Jason Scott

, December 15, 2007 12:36 AM

Boy, sure would like to see, somewhere, anywhere, how this book is authorized for distribution. The site mentions that many pieces come from Gutenberg's 2003 collection, but not this case.

In fact, there's no credit for transcription and no indication where it came from, as far as I can tell.