The Detective & the Chinese High-Fin: A John Darvelle Mystery (A John Darvelle Mystery, 2)

ISBN: 0062439375

Author: Craven, Michael

Condition: New

Finalist for the 2017 Shamus AwardAttention, fans of Carl Hiaasen, Harlan Coben, and Robert B. Parker! The author of The Detective & The Pipe Girl-nominated for both the Nero Wolfe and Shamus Awards-returns with another whip-smart, funny, and propulsive mystery featuring singular Los Angeles P.I. John Darvelle.Private Detective John Darvelle is back-drinking 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 solve-just as long as hes willing to put his life on the line.