Detective & the Chinese High-Fin e-bog

Finalist for the 2017 Shamus AwardMichael Craven, author ofThe Detective The Pipe Girl, delivers another mysteryfor fans of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasenfeaturing private detective John Darvelle, who must crack a cold case that pulls him into the high-stakes world of exotic fish collectors.Private Detective John Darvelle is backdrinking cheap beer, playing ping-pong and sharing his philosophy on everything from work/life balance to restaurants with bad air-conditioning. (He doesnt believe in the former, he despises the latter.)Darvelle is hired to find the killer of Keaton Fuller, a well-born Los Angeles man gunned down in his own driveway. The cops couldnt solve the case, in part because everyone who came in contact with Keaton despised him. Translation: Anybody could have done it. Following a trail of the dead mans betrayals, Darvelle finds himself in the exotic, high-stakes world of rare tropical fish. The fish are certainly valuable enough to kill for, but is there something more menacing going on?As Darvelle relentlessly drives toward the truth, a showdown awaits that is at once riveting, visceral, and very, very dangerous. Its a case only he could solvejust as long as hes willing to put his life on the line.