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Jimmy Lujack investigates the ritual murder of Ginger Louie, a young model, and discovers connections with the Yakuza, an Asian billionaire, a powerful senator, and a top secret bomber project
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When the headless body of a teenaged Chinese-American model turns up in a L.A. cocaine dealer's bed, ex-vice cop Jimmy Lujack helps track down the killer. A tip leads to a waterfront condominium complex where billionaire U.S. defense contractors and Japanese bankers party with underage models procured by the residence's mob-connected developer. Lujack learns of the dead girl's involvement with a Navy pilot turned corrupt defense consultant who likes rough sex. After Lujack questions him, Lujack's car is exploded by a mysterious bomb. Shaken but determined, Lujack joins forces with his former L.A. police colleagues to stalk a growing number of suspects, including a bank president who has ties to both the Japanese crime syndicate and the U.S. defense establishment. Thoreau's ( The Good Book ) swiftly plotted cops-versus-Asians whodunit is marred by ethnic slurs ("One thing you could always count on with Orientals, they accepted most vices. . . .") and befuddled dialogue.
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- PublisherPocket Books / Simon and Schuster
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0671645269
- ISBN 13 9780671645267
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages274
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Pocket Books / Simon and Schuster, 1990
ISBN 10: 0671645269
ISBN 13: 9780671645267
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, in Boxes, Tracking First Editions are First Printings. . From Publishers Weekly When the headless body of a teenaged Chinese-American model turns up in a L.A. cocaine dealer's bed, ex-vice cop Jimmy Lujack helps track down the killer. A tip leads to a waterfront condominium complex where billionaire U.S. defense contractors and Japanese bankers party with underage models procured by the residence's mob-connected developer. Lujack learns of the dead girl's involvement with a Navy pilot turned corrupt defense consultant who likes rough sex. After Lujack questions him, Lujack's car is exploded by a mysterious bomb. Shaken but determined, Lujack joins forces with his former L.A. police colleagues to stalk a growing number of suspects, including a bank president who has ties to both the Japanese crime syndicate and the U.S. defense establishment. Thoreau's ( The Good Book ) swiftly plotted cops-versus-Asians whodunit is marred by ethnic slurs ("One thing you could always count on with Orientals, they accepted most vices. . . .") and befuddled dialogue. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Seller Inventory # BN2253
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