The Hired Man by Dorien Grey Paperback Book 9781611879285

When private investigator Dick Hardesty is hired by businessman Stuart Anderson to conduct routine background checks on potential store managers he becomes reacquainted with a former trick Phil Stark who has undergone an amazing transformation from bar hustler to professional escort When Anderson is murdered Hardesty is hired by the escort services owners Arnold and Iris Glick to keep Phil and the agency away from police scrutiny Two subsequent murders make this impossible and Hardesty embarks on a mission to find the identity of the killer