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Description
In this gripping novel, Lou Boldt is back and entering dark territory. A shipping container washed ashore leads Seattle television news anchor Stevie McNeal and reporter friend Melissa on the trail of a scam involving the importation of illegal aliens. A career stepping-stone for McNeal, the investigation puts her at cross-purposes with the Seattle Police Department's Lou Boldt and Sergeant John LaMoia.
When Melissa disappears, perhaps at the hands of the Chinese Triad, McNeal turns from foe to ally and teams up with the detectives on an investigation that takes them from Seattle's docklands to the offices of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
This taut thriller is read confidently and empathetically by Scott Rosema. Lou Boldt, Pearson's believable Seattle cop, is read strongly and decisively, though he's struggling with issues connected with his wife's cancer and his recent promotion to desk jockey. Stevie McNeal, the Chinese-American news anchor, is deftly read in warm, softly feminine tones with a slight, charming accent. Stevie persuades her adoptive sister to help locate a sweatshop staffed by illegal Chinese immigrants, and Melissa decides to go undercover and join them. The suspenseful announcements interspersed throughout--"Friday, August 28: 11 Days Missing"--will keep mystery and conspiracy lovers glued to their headphones. S.C.A. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Ridley Pearson is the award-winning coauthor, along with Dave Barry, of Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadow Thieves, and Peter and the Secret of Rundoon. He has also written more than twenty best-selling novels, including Killer Weekend, and the young-adult fantasy The Kingdom Keepers. He was the first American to be awarded the Raymond Chandler/Fulbright Fellowship in Detective Fiction at Oxford University.
