01818cam a2200349 i 4500 2637791473 TxAuBib 20251209120000.0 250904s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2025946242 9781594206108 hardcover 1594206104 hardcover (OCoLC)1539649832 TxAuBib rda Pynchon, Thomas, author. Shadow ticket / Thomas Pynchon. New York : Penguin Press, 2025. ©2025. 293 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A novel"--Jacket. "Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shifting from labor-management relations to the more domestic kind. Hicks McTaggart, a one-time strikebreaker turned private eye, thinks he's found job security until he gets sent out on what should be a routine case, locating and bringing back the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune who's taken a mind to go wandering. By the time Hicks catches up with her he will find himself entangled with Nazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, practitioners of the paranormal, outlaw motorcyclists, and the troubles that come with each of them"-- Provided by publisher. 20251209. Private investigators Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Missing persons Investigation Fiction. Nineteen thirties Fiction. Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction.