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Minotaur Books
June 2008
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Featuring: Miles Young
256 pages
ISBN: 0312378092
EAN: 9780312378097
Hardcover
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Mystery Private Eye
Boxer Miles Young thinks heโs got one more shot in him before itโs time to hang up the gloves for good. He may be the only one who thinks so. The truth is, he enjoys the recognition his career has brought him at home, in the small Latin American country of Belize, and heโs worried about how heโll support his daughter once itโs over. So when his promoter comes to him with a proposition that includes one last big fight, he listens.
Isabelle Gilmore wants Miles to find her daughter, whoโs run off with some of her motherโs money and her no-good boyfriend. Isabelleโs afraid Rianโs going to marry the kid, the only son of corrupt ex--police chief Marlon Tablada, and she wants Rian---and the money---found. In return, Miles gets put on a fight card with a $30,000 payday.
Heโs reluctant, but Isabelle thinks a hometown hero can get people to talk in ways a private investigator canโt. Trouble is, before he can find Rian, he learns that thereโs much more to Isabelle, her daughter, and Marlon than Isabelle let on.
Clearly at home in the world of hardboiled crime writing, debut novelist Ian Vasquez is a bright new talent who infuses In the Heat with a steamy, exotic voice all his own.
AwardsShamus, Best First P.I. Novel, October 2009
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