Felony Fists (Fight Card)

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  1. Kindle Edition: 100 pages: 1 item
  2. Publisher: Fight Card Productions; 2011-11-11
  3. Author: Jack Tunney
  4. Format: Kindle eBook
  5. Sales Rank in Books: #235609

Product Review

Los Angeles 1954

Patrick “Felony” Flynn has been fighting all his life. Learning the “sweet science” from Father Tim the fighting priest at St. Vincent’s, the Chicago orphanage where Pat and his older brother Mickey were raised, Pat has battled his way around the world – first with the Navy and now with the Los Angeles Police Department.

Legendary LAPD chief William Parker is on a rampage to clean up both the department and the city. His elite crew of detectives known as The Hat Squad is his blunt instrument – dedicated, honest, and fearless. Promotion from patrol to detective is Pat’s goal, but he also yearns to be one of the elite.

And his fists are going to give him the chance.

Gangster Mickey Cohen runs LA’s rackets, and murderous heavyweight Solomon King is Cohen’s key to taking over the fight game. Chief Parker wants wants Patrick “Felony” Flynn to stop him – a tall order for middleweight ship’s champion with no professional record.

Leading with his chin, and with his partner, LA’s first black detective Tombstone Jones, covering his back, Patrick Flynn and his Felony Fists are about to fight for his future, the future of the department, and the future of Los Angeles.

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Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review
4.8 out of 5 stars (32 customer reviews)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A tight, streamlined brawler of a novel, December 19, 2011
Heath Lowrance (Detroit) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Felony Fists (Fight Card) (Kindle Edition)
Patrick "Felony" O'Flynn is a cop in the ever-vacillating Los Angeles of the 1950's, but his consuming passion is boxing--and he's damn good at it. So good in fact, that his boss gives him an unusual assignment: get in the ring with crime boss Mickey Cohen's contender and make sure he doesn't get a shot at the title.
Simple in theory, but stopping Cohen and his fighter are going to take every bit of skill and fortitude Patrick has, and test his commitment to justice. Especially when Cohen kidnaps the 14-year-old daughter of Patrick's trainer.
FELONY FISTS is a tight, streamlined brawler of a novel, heavy on ring action and spare jabbing prose. It's hard not to use boxing analogies when talking about it. Series co-creator Paul Bishop is Jack Tunney this time out, and he sets a high standard for the Jack Tunneys to follow. His invocation of L.A. in the `50's is vivid and well-researched without being overwhelming, and his grasp on the strange, sometimes seedy world of boxing...Read more


4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Boxing Noir Is a Hardboiled Treat, December 18, 2011
Ed Lynskey, "author of ASK THE DICE and THE Z... (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Felony Fists (Fight Card) (Kindle Edition)
You don't see that many boxing novels around anymore. But I enjoy reading them, so I bought <u>Felony Fists</u>, and it's a hardboiled treat. Set in 1954's Los Angeles, Patrick "Felony" Flynn is a young policeman who's good with his fists. He's gained fight experience from his hardscrabble background and boxing matches while in the Navy. Flynn is set on the path to fight several boxers, leading up to earn his shot at the champion Archie Moore. At the same time, Flynn is investigating the local mobster boss who's out to get his hooks into the fight game. I liked the gritty boxing scenes which reminded me of Robert Ryan in the classic boxing film noir <u>The Set-Up</u>. The pace clips right along, and the dialogue is snappy. If you're a fight fan, this tale should be a big hit with you.


4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Thoroughly ENTERTAINING Story!, December 18, 2011
Neal Bogosian (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Felony Fists (Fight Card) (Kindle Edition)
Full of imagination - and history - harkening back to a rough n' tough America that is all but gone. Very smooth reading and a great escape from these current times and days; makes me want to time travel back! Patrick "Felony" Flynn is a brave, gritty character that never disappoints. Definitely worth reading, especially for all of you pulp fiction and "noir" lovers!

Neal Bogosian
Author, THE ADVENTURES OF CHIP DOOLIN

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