Detective James Wolf's nickname is Lone Wolf. There's a reason for that. He doesn't like having a partner, he follows his own path, bends the law once in a while and he's champion for justice. None of that makes the Internal Affairs Bureau happy. They're just waiting for him to go off on a lost cause; they have plans to nail him once and for all. So why would his boss take him off Narcotics to work on Homicide? He's not a homicide detective...
Akashic Books and Edelweiss gave me the opportunity to read this novella (thank you). It will available May 27th, so make a note.
This case begins with the death of a priest. It's an ugly death. The only clues left behind are a boy's baseball cap and a black lotus flower. Marx thinks it's the Brotherhood of Assassins; they'll kill anybody for enough money. Wolf has quit paying attention already. He realizes the people of the congregation include the family of a young boy that went missing and was never found again. That's an old case of his and this gives him a new opportunity to talk to them. He'd like to see that case closed. He'll also ask them about the priest while he's there.
This is not the type of book I usually read but I really enjoyed this. The Lotus Flower is young woman who was abused in life as a child. Now she's a weapon who fights back for the defenseless. She's mean, efficient, and lethal as hell. She talks to my dark self. I take glee in each pedophile she kills.
This is a relatively short story with lots of action and hard-core justice. You can run, but you can't hide. Just when you think you're safe, you're dead.
The Lone Wolf is still alive at the end, mostly because he has a sense of justice. But so's the Black Lotus.
Be careful what you do out there, folks. You're being watched...
I'm Jo Ann Hakola, The Book Faerie, bookworm and bookseller. I have been selling books since January of 2000. It's a homebased business and I sell online only. Here is my website: http:www.bookfaerie.com I offer free shipping stateside. It's a one woman endeavor, and I love working for myself. I have over 6,000 books online now. I do book reviews from a reader's point-of-view and try to spread the magic of reading.
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