"Move over Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler This is a knockout for fans of the genre " Lindsey Danner Books and Looks. 1935. From the city to the vast empty desert of Arizona, treachery and death is never a good thing for anyone - and especially for a private investigator who had to put it all on the line. Former cop Sid Cooper certainly has one heck of a case to cut his teeth on as a new private investigator.