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Or, The Bail Jumper.
A weary Barry Craig puts up his feet and waits for a bail bondsman to fill him in on a big job. it’s worth 10% of the bond money to catch up with big-time gangster, Joey Florio. The manhunt begins with a bang and fizzles out just as quickly. Despite an army of operatives, Barry turns up no sign of the gangster.
When a stabbed sailor turns up on his doorstep, clues look promising. An ominous phone call, a dame, and a visit to the sailor’s ship bring up more questions than they answer. Is there a trap to set Barry up? What do the sailor and the dame have to do with the missing Joey Florio?
Time for Barry to set a few traps of his own. Connections begin to paint a clearer picture for our hard-boiled detective. Will the cops have anything on the dame? Will Joey be found alive? Why the large price tag for Barry to find the missing man? A turn around ending reveals all.
