Death at Fort Devens (An Andy Roark Mystery 3)

About this book

Its a race against time to find a teenager missing on the mean streets of Boston in this hardboiled mystery featuring Andy Roark Vietnam veteran turned Private Investigator. "As good as and maybe even better than Robert Parker or Dennis Lehane Peter Colts Andy Roark is my new favorite sleuth" International aid worker journalist and writer Roberta Gately author of the Jessie Novak mysteries "Strong mystery . . . Colt plays fair with the reader before the satisfying reveal" Publishers Weekly Boston 1985. Private Investigator Andy Roark left the military behind years ago but his past comes flooding back when hes hired by an old army buddy whos worried about his rebellious teenage daughters safety. There are bonds of blood between Roark and the highly-decorated Lieutenant Colonel Dave Billings forged in the steamy Vietnamese jungle and some debts arent easy to forget. Working the case for free Roarks investigation quickly leads him to Bostons Combat Zone five acres of sex drugs and crime right in the heart of one of Americas oldest cities and to Judys unsavory new boyfriend the drug-dealing K-nice. Then Judy runs away and the clock starts ticking in earnest. Roark is determined to save his friends daughter from a life of drugs and prostitution but itll take more than missing-person flyers and polite questions to save the girl and get them both out of the concrete jungle of the Combat Zone alive. This page-turning hard-edged mystery written by a US Army veteran and New England police officer is a great choice for readers who enjoy military detail twisty plots and classic PI heroes with plenty of flaws humour and attitude.