This is the fourth in Martin Limón’s fabulous noir detective series featuring army investigators Chicano George Sueños and his partner Ernie Bascomb, set in the sleazy underbelly of the Korea of the 1970s. The writing is fast-paced, hard-boiled, gruff and gritty. It is direct and to the point but underneath it all there is a poignancy and haunting beauty.
In this new installment, George Sueños meets a mad and beautiful Eurasian woman in a bar and ends up waking up in an alley missing his badge and his pistol. After a murder/robbery is committed using his gun, it is up to the pair to track down the murderers and get back the weapon to keep George from being court-martialed.
if (preg_match('/Limón, a retired Army officer who was himself stationed in Korea, offers an uncommon setting told from a clipped and fascinating viewpoint.
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