{"product_id":"the-hot-beat-9781789099928","title":"The Hot Beat","description":"\u003cb\u003eA disgraced LA music star faces execution for a crime he didn't commit in the long-lost crime novel of Robert Silverberg, SFF Writers of America Grand Master, available for the first time in over 60 years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHAD L.A.'S HOTTEST BANDLEADER\u003cbr\u003eBECOME AN INSTRUMENT OF DEATH? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore his extraordinary career as a grandmaster of science fiction, Robert Silverberg honed his craft as a writer for a variety of pulp magazines, including crime digests with titles like Trapped and Guilty Detective Story Magazine. He also wrote this long-lost novel, which appeared under the pen name \"Stan Vincent\" in 1960 - and has never been published since. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Bob McKay: once a rising star in the toniest nightclubs of Los Angeles, now a down-and-out denizen of tawdry bars where B-girls hustle drinks and brawls break out nightly. When one hustler winds up strangled, McKay lands on Death Row. Can a starlet and a sympathetic newspaper columnist clear his name before his date with the death chamber? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a new introduction by the author and three bonus stories from Guilty and Trapped, THE HOT BEAT offers readers a trip through time back to the pulp era, when a future star was making his bones with stories of murder, betrayal, and dangerous desires...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hard Case Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789099928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Robert Silverberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42289485185205,"sku":"9781789099928","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6133aa88-d94e-4976-8920-d692e346ba29.jpg?v=1658200347","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-hot-beat-9781789099928","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}