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Poisoned Pen Press
November 2014
On Sale: November 4, 2014
Featuring: Mary Le Vu; Rick Van Lam; Hank Nguyen
400 pages
ISBN: 146420330X
EAN: 9781464203305
Kindle: B00OPEFSAY
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery
One of the beautiful Le sisters is dead. Hartford,
Connecticut’s small Vietnamese community is stunned. Mary Le
Vu, wife of a poor grocery-store owner, is gunned down in a
drive-by. Her twin sister insists dutiful Mary “wouldn’t be
caught dead” in that drug-infested zone. The police rule it
an unlucky accident. Skeptics hire private eye Rick Van Lam
to get to the truth. Amerasian Rick—his father an unknown US soldier—is one of
the Bui Doi, children of the dust, so often rejected by
Vietnamese culture. But his young sidekick, Hank Nguyen, a pure blood
Vietnamese, can help Rick navigate the closed world of
Little Saigon. Surrounded by close friends—a former-Rockette
landlady, his crusty mentor, and his ex-wife Liz—Rick
immerses himself in a world that rejects him, but now needs
his help. Especially when a second murder strikes in Little
Saigon. Rick and Hank delve into the families of the Le sisters, one
poor, one very rich, and uncover a world of explosive ethnic
tension and sinister criminal activity ranging from
Hartford’s exclusive white suburbs to the impoverished inner
city. To solve the murders—and bring closure to Mary’s
grieving circle—Rick looks to long-buried memories of his
Buddhist childhood for the wisdom that will lead him to a
murderer. Caught Dead starts a smart, unusual series.
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