Sideswipe

Sideswipe by Willeford, Charles. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780345349477.

Florida homicide detective Hoke Moseleys life suddenly went to bell one morning. His ex-wife had married a big-time pro ballplayer. His two teenage daughters moved in. And his lieutenant had dumped ever? unsolved murder in Miami on him. So Hoke decided to bail out stretch out on Singer Island, give up police work, and watch the ocean roll. But trouble wasnt going to let Hoke get away. Not a stones throw from his laid-back new life, a slick, handsome psychopath was planning his next armed robbery. The heist would suck a curmudgeon retiree into a life of crime, blast a half-dozen people, off the planet, and leave nary a clue behind. It was a case right up Hokes alley: weird enough to catch his attention, personal enough to make him mad, and twisted enough to make Hoke forget he didnt want to be a cop...a good guy in a world gone very, very bad.