Book description
Miles Landry is trying to put violence behind him when heĀ takes up work as a private detective focused on humdrum adultery cases. ButĀ when a Tibetan monkĀ hires him to find a missing person, things get weirdĀ fast.
Charged with tracking down the reincarnation of a man possessed byā¦
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In this noir story with a philosophical bent, Miles has been hired to track the reincarnation of a demonic guardian by a Tibetan monk on the eve of a visit of the Dali Lama to New York, and Miles finds himself over his head as an apparent gang war erupts in Chinatown, killings that some on the force think he had a role in. He must avoid capture by the cops so that he can find the killer and the demon, if they are not the same, and avoid becoming the demon's next victim.
I loved the weaving of Tibetanā¦
From W.B.J.'s list on paranormal noir from someone who loves noir.
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