A German businesswoman, in SF for a conference, hires Colleen to track down her missing nephew. The two were to meet in SF but he never showed up so Colleen gets enlisted to do what the local cops can’t or won’t do. She finds the guy in a fleabag hotel and tells the aunt. Quick resolution. Cash the check. It’s up to the aunt to make contact.
Tidbits picked up by Colleen don’t sit well with her. She broke into the guy’s hotel room and found half of an old British five-pound note, a pistol, and a photograph. All neatly hidden in a heating duct. The more she digs, the more confusing are the clues and her client.
Turns out that the connection between the aunt and nephew dates back to a German concentration camp. And Colleen starts to wonder if the two really are related. Colleen has been told by SFPD to lay off the case, but that’s not in her DNA. She must find out about the nephew, the businesswoman, the torn 5-pound note and the connection to an international trail of murders that all seem to date back to that one concentration camp.
Tomlinson has four books about Colleen Hayes and the third
reviewed by the boys at MRB. I’ve found this series to be quite entertaining,
fun to read and certainly not a waste of my time. If I had to assign a category,
I might say that it’s high-quality PI pulp that is a great way to kill some time.
And did I forget to mention? It’s from Oceanview Publishing.
So for, I’ve not gone wrong with any Oceanview mystery. Need to find the one
title I’m missing.
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