Decoys — Richard Hoyt

John Denson is a private eye for the eighties, the world's first soft-boiled sleuth. He washes down his raw vegetables with screw-top wine, refuses to pack a rod, is a pigeon for a beautiful woman with a problem, and lives by the honor code of detectives from another era. So when a tough-talking, and stunning, female private eye challenges him to a high-stakes wager concerning a string of brutal murders, John can't resist. He finds himself in the bizarre and deadly shadow worlds of prostitution and smuggling, as he scrambles to tie up the case, keep his sense of humor (and his head) intact, and impress the lady at the same time.