P.I. Duke Rogers screws up a case. Real bad. When the Weasel, as Duke calls him, comes to him, Duke thinks it will be an easy-money assignment. Find the Weasel's old schoolmate, Teddie Matson. And Duke does. Finds her fast and easy for a quick two hundred bucks.
A couple of days later Teddie Matson, beautiful, black co-star of a TV sitcom, is dead. Her killer, who everyone thinks is a deranged fan, is nowhere in sight.
No one knows who the killer is.
No one except Duke.
And he has no way to trace him.
PRAISE FOR WHITE HEAT:
"...taut crime yarn set in 1992 against the turmoil of the Los Angeles riots that followed the acquittal of the police officers charged with assaulting motorist Rodney King.... [T]he author ably evokes the chaos that erupted after the Rodney King verdict."
—Publishers Weekly
WHITE HEAT CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2012: Rosa St. Claire at Examiner.com named WHITE HEAT one of the best fiction books of 2012. (examiner.com/review/best-fiction-books-of-2012-and-new-titles-for-2013)
"WHITE HEAT is a riveting read of mystery, much recommended."
—Midwest Book Review
"[WHITE HEAT] really caught early 90s LA, in all its sordid glory. And had me turning pages late into the night. I think WH is up there with the best of the LA novels, but has an air of authenticity that many lack."
—Woody Haut, journalist, author of NEON NOIR: Contemporary American Crime Fiction
"Every page is on fire."
—Jon P. Bloch, Kindle Book Review