From Publishers Weekly
The tradition is Chandler, Hammett and Cain, but Byrd tells a thoroughly modern tale in a distinctivelushervoice. Private investigator Mike Haller subcontracts from an old friend to find a hooker who's inherited almost a million dollars. But Haller gets set up, has his license revoked, and goes out on his own to learn whose toes he has inadvertently stepped on. His friend is killed, as is the technological whiz, body-building son of the man who left the inheritance. Haller is in the thick of a complicated case, dealing with an upper-crust lawyer, a diamond-studded pimp, a vengeful cop and two pale brothers who control the sex-vice world of San Francisco. Climaxing with a chase scene in which Haller must rescue his psychiatrist girl friend from the clutches of one of the mad brothers, the third Mike Haller story (California Thriller and Fly Away, Jill) is fast-moving and authoritative. It's also richly satisfying, marked by the author's skillful, fearless use of language. November 30
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
