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The Haight Mystery #2
A Hitman on Haight Street
In the sequel to the acclaimed police procedural THE HAIGHT, Jimmy Spracklin is back in Haight-Ashbury, seeking a killer and protecting his daughter from a murder charge. When the hippie daughter of a local industrialist is found dead and dismembered in Golden Gate Park, Spracklin must find her killer as he tries to evade an Internal Affairs investigation into his previous conduct.
Detective Jimmy Spracklin is already being hounded by Internal Affairs officers when the headless body of a hippie heiress is found in Golden Gate Park. Now he must solve the high-profile murder while fighting off the IA probe, which is targeting not only Spracklin but also his daughter Marie. One misstep could result in Marie facing a murder charge.
HITMAN ON HAIGHT STREET follows Spracklin as he shields his daughter from the SFPD and searches Haight-Ashbury for the heiress’s killer. The second book in The Haight crime series is a dark page-turner set against the counterculture of the 1960s.
Detective Jimmy Spracklin is already being hounded by Internal Affairs officers when the headless body of a hippie heiress is found in Golden Gate Park. Now he must solve the high-profile murder while fighting off the IA probe, which is targeting not only Spracklin but also his daughter Marie. One misstep could result in Marie facing a murder charge.
HITMAN ON HAIGHT STREET follows Spracklin as he shields his daughter from the SFPD and searches Haight-Ashbury for the heiress’s killer. The second book in The Haight crime series is a dark page-turner set against the counterculture of the 1960s.
286 pages, Hardcover
Published December 17, 2019
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Peter Moreira
21 books25 followersPeter Moreira is the author of The Haight Crime Series, in which Lieut. Jimmy Spracklin investigates crimes in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in the late 1960s.
The series is the result of Peter’s love affair with Haight-Ashbury, which began when he hitchhiked twice to San Francisco from Vancouver in 1981. He adored the history, the friendly people, the romance of the setting. Throughout his career in journalism – which included postings in Ottawa, Hong Kong, Seoul and London – he kept mulling over the idea of a mystery set in Haight-Ashbury. He wanted to produce what he called a whodunnit with hippies.
As an author, Peter began with non-fiction, starting with Hemingway on the China Front in 2006. After a few non-fiction titles, The Haight was published in 2017 and The Haight Mystery Series was launched. Today it comprises several acclaimed novels, and Peter is always at work on the next one.
The series is the result of Peter’s love affair with Haight-Ashbury, which began when he hitchhiked twice to San Francisco from Vancouver in 1981. He adored the history, the friendly people, the romance of the setting. Throughout his career in journalism – which included postings in Ottawa, Hong Kong, Seoul and London – he kept mulling over the idea of a mystery set in Haight-Ashbury. He wanted to produce what he called a whodunnit with hippies.
As an author, Peter began with non-fiction, starting with Hemingway on the China Front in 2006. After a few non-fiction titles, The Haight was published in 2017 and The Haight Mystery Series was launched. Today it comprises several acclaimed novels, and Peter is always at work on the next one.
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July 11, 2025
Over Covid, I lost track of this series, but am glad to have rediscovered Jimmy Spracklin and his escapades. Placing Jimmy's personal and professional challenges with in the context of the political assassinations of 1968 force the reader to consider the negative sides of the Summer of Love and its aftermath. I so enjoyed this book that I went back and re-read The Haight, to even greater enjoyment, and then moved on to The Prodi Syndicate. Now I'm going to get hold of the next in the series. I'm hooked!
September 6, 2023
Action Filled Story
Great characters in an action packed story. An interesting depiction of a unique time and place in history.
A fun read.
Great characters in an action packed story. An interesting depiction of a unique time and place in history.
A fun read.
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