Caught dead a Rick van Lam 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 unl...
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Scottsdale, AZ :
Poisoned Pen Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 520 | 0 | |a " 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 Boi Doi, children of the dust, so often rejected by Vietnamese culture. But his young sidekick, Hank Nguyen, a pureblood 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. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Murder |x Investigation |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Twins |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Vietnamese Americans |v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Connecticut |v Fiction. | |
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