Hardman 2: The Charleston Knife is Back in Town by Ralph Dennis

Hardman 2
The Charleston Knife is Back in Town
by Ralph Dennis
1974, Popular Library

Hardman and Hump (who should have gotten equal billing) are hired by the family of a kid who participated in a robbery at a mobbed up party, trying to find him before the mob assassin The Charleston Knife does. The characters and sleazy setting of 1970s Atlanta carry a lot of the weight, and for me it seems as time goes on it won't cover for the plotting as effectively.

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