Black Widow Blues (A Jim Shalabon Mystery Book 2)

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Jim Shalabon learns the hard way that asking about the disappeared casts a long shadow that passes over any number of street spies, hungry to sell the fact of his interest to the highest bidder. The buyer? The cartel behind the disappearance. Narcos who have a simple solution for a nosy investigator—bang.

What starts out as a favor for the missing woman’s daughter turns into a battle for survival when Jim is held captive at a remote desert rancho and engages in a battle of wits with its ruthless and complicated boss. A boss even more dangerous as his authority wanes and the wolves circle closer. Jim must can figure out how to escape and which direction holds the fewest bullets. That’s step one in his fight for survival. Because to find the disappeared, it’s important not to become a statistic yourself.

Black Widow Blues is an intelligent, gripping mystery, “a suspenseful and thrilling journey” with “non-stop action from page one.”