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Overview
Having more clients than he can use isn't generally Aaron Gunner's problem, but it happens that the PI is already on a case when beautiful Yolanda McCreary appears on his doorstep to offer him a second one. Her brother, Elroy Covington, apparently rubbed elbows with Gunner at the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., several months earlier, then neglected to do something almost every other attendee did afterward: go home. Gunner can't remember Covington, but he takes on the case - unprepared for the cold trail the man has left behind. Eventually, Gunner begins to suspect that a black extremist group calling itself The Defenders of the Bloodline is behind Covington's disappearance. The Defenders want Gunner to join them. The FBI wants Gunner's help in bringing The Defenders down. And neither party has any intention of taking no for an answer.Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The fifth in the popular series about Aaron Gunner finds the Los Angeles African American private eye on the hunt for a missing person who supposedly met him at the Million Man March. Before the search is over, Gunner has to deal with both the FBI and a black extremist group known as The Defenders of the Bloodline. Haywood is particularly adept at weaving social commentary into his carefully plotted tales.—Dick Lochte
Publishers Weekly -
The flash and funk of L.A. is vivid, and the cast of characters quirky and memorable, in black PI Aaron Gunner's fifth adventure (It's Not a Pretty Sight, 1996, etc.). Once again, women mean trouble for Gunner. First, Connie Everson, wife of city councilman Gil Everson, hires him to take pictures of her husband committing adultery. Then beautiful Yolanda McCreary asks him to find her missing brother, Elroy Covington, who told her of meeting Gunner in Washington, D.C., at the Million Man March. The two tasks and the two women compete for Gunner's attention as both cases become intensely personal and deadly. Following Covington's cold trail leads Gunner to an old enemy called Barber Jack (so named for his favorite weapon, a deadly eight-inch straight razor) and to a sinister group called "The Defenders of the Bloodline," who want to rid the world of Uncle Toms. Getting the goods on Everson seems easier until an unusual prenuptial agreement forces Gunner to delve deeper into the councilman's family matters. Deaths accumulate and then coalesce into a pattern as Haywood continues to deepen this impressive series, melding issues and plots in entertaining mysteries. (Jan.) FYI: Haywood also writes the mystery series featuring Joe and Dottie Loudermilk, who live and travel in their Airstream trailer.Library Journal
A young Los Angeles woman wants series star Aaron Gunner to locate her brother, who never returned from the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. Gunner soon finds himself tangling with black extremists and the FBI. Realistic and compelling.Book Details
Published
December 1, 1997
Publisher
Putnam Pub Group (T)
Pages
223
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780399143038