"After Pearl is a wonderfully rendered hard-boiled historical mystery reminiscent of Chandler's Marlowe novels." — Bruce Robert Coffin, International Bestselling author of The Turner and Mosley Files   "Mickey Spillane and Dashiell Hammett would be proud of this next generation author who takes their styles and not only matches them but adds his own unique flair and voice to the genre. This is a novel dying to be made into a movie." —Historical Fiction Company 5 Star Review From award-winning author Stephen G. Eoannou, After Pearl will take you back in time... 1942. War rages in Europe. Pearl Harbor still smolders. And alcoholic private eye Nicholas Bishop wakes up on a hotel room floor with two slugs missing from his .38 revolver. The cops think he' s murdered lounge singer Pearl DuGaye, mobsters think he saw something he shouldn' t have, and Bishop remembers nothing... Together with his indomitable assistant Gia Alessi, who he may or may not have fired, a WWI vet who often flashes back to 1918, and a one-eyed female dog named Jake, Bishop tries to piece together the events that took place during his disastrous five-day bender. Along the way, he stumbles across a dirty politician, a socialite and her unfaithful husband, and a cabal of American Nazis who are undoubtedly up to no good. Written in the spirit of classic noir, Eoannou adds his own unique voice and flair to the genre in this, the first action-packed outing of the Nicholas Bishop Mysteries... Stephen G. Eoannou is the author of the novels After Pearl, Yesteryear, Rook, and the short story collection Muscle Cars. He has been awarded an Honor Certificate from The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Best Short Screenplay Award at the 36th Starz Denver Film Festival, and the 2021 International Eyelands Award for Best Historical Novel. Eoannou holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and an MA from Miami University. He lives and writes in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, the setting and inspiration for much of his work. Find him at sgeoannou.com