Ex-cop Joe Oliver is now a private investigator. His very wealthy friend, Roger Ferris, who
also happens to be Joe’s grandmother’s boyfriend, has asked Joe to look into
the detainment of Alfred Xavier Quiller.
This job has two unpleasant aspects that give Joe the willies. First and
foremost, Quiller is a white nationalist.
Secondly, he is currently locked in a private cell at Riker’s Island
where Joe did a stint of solitary confinement.
Then another onerous task comes along.
Joe’s ex-wife’s husband, Coleman Tesserat, has been arrested, and Joe
has to bail him out for the sake of his daughter. Joe enlists a variety of friends to assist in
both of these cases, calling in favors as necessary. A third mystery involves Ferris’s interest in
the Quiller case and his motivation for hiring Joe. Mosley’s writing style is always enjoyable,
but I find that I can barely keep up with all the characters, and the plot gets
a little overly convoluted, especially since there are two cases, which may or
may not be intertwined.
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