After Pearl

1942. War rages in Europe. Pearl Harbor’s still smoldering. And alcoholic private eye Nicholas Bishop wakes up on the floor with two missing slugs from his fired .38. The cops think he murdered lounge singer Pearl DuGaye, the mob thinks he saw something he shouldn’t have, and Bishop remembers none of it. Together with Gia, his assistant he may or may not have fired, a WW1 veteran who sometimes thinks it’s 1918, and a one-eyed female dog named Jake, Bishop tries to piece together the events that took place during his six-day bender.

After Pearl is not only a wartime murder mystery, but also one man’s struggle with reclaiming his life and sobriety. Along the way, Bishop stumbles across a dirty politician, a socialite and her cheating husband, and a cadre of American Nazis who are certainly up to no good. Written in the spirit of Mickey Spillane and Dashiell Hammett, Eoannou adds his own unique flair and voice to this genre.