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Flood Warning by Will Rayner
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In the tail end of the spring after the Prohibition, business is slow for the father and son private eye firm of Flood and Flood.
Slow, that is, until the younger son, T.J. wakes up with a hell of a headache. He’s been socked over the head during a fracas between rival gangsters.
One winds up dead in Floods’ offices, landing a hot case on their very own turf.
Who killed Benny the Bundle? And why do two huge and aggressive vice cops seem so interested in this case? Andy why do the bodies keep piling up?
Elder partner Sam Flood has more than enough on his plate, trying to keep his reckless son in line and caring for his elderly and increasingly absent-minded second wife.
The last thing he needs is someone attempting to drown him down at the wharf…
…and T.J., who has never got over the mysterious disappearance of his beloved Jessica, finds himself in increasingly hot water.
Can he trust the two hulking vice cops, who seem to be following their every move and bent on obstructing their case?
And how closely can he afford to allow Lieutenant James ‘Jimbo’ Bracken to know what he knows?
And what does a cryptic coded map bearing the legend ‘P.E.A.C.E.’ mean for the case?
What’s really inside the crates labelled ‘100 Ornamental Mother of Pearl Boxes’ that T.J. finds at the premises of Central City Distribution Service?
As the death toll mounts around them, father and son find themselves facing their toughest challenge yet.
Sam, the elder Flood, is precise and cautious, while T.J. is an irreverent, hard-drinking loner who is contemptuous of authority and likes to do things his way.
Tragedies in each of their backgrounds contribute to their stormy relationship which is about to be put under more pressure, as they realise their very lives are in the gravest danger.
The wave of crime seems to be turning against the private eyes…
Can they put their differences aside and put an end to the violent strike that has gripped San Francisco’s waterfront and spilled into the city itself?
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