Raymond “Strong” Carlisle made his mark as an ace sideman
to the biggest names in R&B. Now he lies in the mud
outside his home, shot dead from behind. He’s the first
official casualty in a dirty war for control of Rio
Mirada: a low-rent “city in transition” at the
northernmost point of the San Francisco Bay, beset by drug
dealers, arsonists, squatters, and restless developers.
And now a murderer.
In Rio Mirada, the truth is in short supply. What’s
plentiful are people with all the reasons in the world to
make sure the murder of Strong Carlisle remains unsolved.
And the harder Detective Dennis Murchison pushes for
answers, the clearer it becomes that this single, brutal
homicide is just the tip of an iceberg in a town where
small-time crime and big-time corruption are about to
collide with explosive consequences.
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