Dimensions
152 x 235 x 20mm
A gritty new urban mystery and the fourth novel in the much-admired Jack Liffey series.
Jack Liffey is a decent guy, as compassionate as he is brave, and in this taut new novel he finds himself on a case that turns familiar city streets into dangerous war zones.
Liffey's city is greater Los Angeles; his turf the forgotten suburbs, run-down neighbourhoods, and volatile ethnic communities. To the anguish and despair of parents and protectors alike a city like LA holds lots of places for sons and daughters to hide, or be hidden.
Liffey understands loss. First he lost his job in the aerospace industry, then he lost his wife and daughter. In his unerring ability to track down missing children, however, he has found his true calling. His case this time takes him deep into the Los Angeles Vietnamese community, where a beautiful young woman, Phuong, has disappeared.
But the exotic realities and complex alliances of Little Saigon are not all that Liffey has to contend with as he begins uncovering the corporate fraud and feuds surrounding plans to develop a new airport at El Toro Marine Base.
