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Coming This Year
The New Brinker Novel

     Somebody is killing immigration lawyer Carla Baca's clients. She hires Brinker to investigate, setting up his most dangerous case ever.

     From Tucson to Mexico to parts of Los Angeles that tourists seldom see, Brinker follows leads in seemingly-unrelated murders, before stumbling into mass killings in the southwestern desert.

     Two-time Shamus Award nominee James C. Mitchell delivers the best Brinker yet, marked by the colorful characters, shrewd plotting and on-target detail that earned the Brinker series rave reviews.

THE FIRST TWO ACCLAIMED BRINKER NOVELS

Shamus Award Nominee - Best Hardcover Private Eye Novel

   Gripping.
 Publishers Weekly.
Compelling.
 Dallas Morning News.
Memorable.
 Kirkus Reviews.
Classic...the real deal.
 Booklist, starred review.

   When an unidentified man is murdered in Tucson, reporter April Lennox asks private investigator Brinker to help her uncover the mystery man's story. Brinker turns her down. April vanishes into Mexico, alone.

   Brinker follows April's trail into a dangerous borderland of greed and corruption, pain and power, and a new attachment to a woman who seems ready to risk anything to be with him.

   Like the critically acclaimed, Shamus Award-nominated LOVERS CROSSING, the second Brinker novel promises fast-moving suspense, intriguing characters, and a timely, unsparing view of the border underworld.

Reviews        First Chapter


Shamus Award Nominee - Best First Private Eye Novel

"A first novel as satisfying as the debuts of such classic series heroes as Parker's Spenser and Grafton's Kinsey Millhone.... Outstanding."
  Booklist, starred review.

"Mitchell's impressive, well-crafted debut captures the gritty reality of border life."
  Publishers Weekly.

"Polished, fast-paced."
  Kirkus Reviews.

"Crafty plotting... realistic characters."
  Library Journal.

Reviews      First Chapter


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