Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series titles, a mystery, thriller or suspense novel that introduces a recurring character (or characters) …
What we know about the character: Rick Van Lam is a private investigator in Connecticut. For more information about his first investigation, see a synopsis of the book, below.
One of the beautiful Le sisters is dead …
Hartford, Connecticut's small Vietnamese community is stunned. Mary Le Vu, wife of a poor grocery-store owner, is gunned down in a drive-by. Her twin sister insists dutiful Mary "wouldn't be caught dead" in that drug-infested zone. The police rule it an unlucky accident. Skeptics hire private eye Rick Van Lam to get to the truth.
Amerasian Rick — his father an unknown US soldier — is one of the Bui Doi, children of the dust, so often rejected by Vietnamese culture. But his young sidekick, Hank Nguyen, a pureblood Vietnamese, can help Rick navigate the closed world of Little Saigon. Surrounded by close friends — a former-Rockette landlady, his crusty mentor, and his ex-wife Liz — Rick immerses himself in a world that rejects him, but now needs his help. Especially when a second murder strikes in Little Saigon.
Rick and Hank delve into the families of the Le sisters, one poor, one very rich, and uncover a world of explosive ethnic tension and sinister criminal activity ranging from Hartford's exclusive white suburbs to the impoverished inner city. To solve the murders — and bring closure to Mary's grieving circle — Rick looks to long-buried memories of his Buddhist childhood for the wisdom that will lead him to a murderer.
— Caught Dead by Andrew Lanh
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