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San Francisco's topless club district is the setting for this taut, ironic suspense novel that introduces Joe Goodey, police detective reluctantly turned private eye.
Because of an unfortunate brush with the mayor's cousin, Goodey is forced to resign from the police force, and in order to reinstate himself in the mayor's good favor, he is set the task of solving the murder of Tina D'Oro, a dancer in a nightclub called The Jungle.
The trail leads through the twisting streets of Chinatown and brings Goodey face to face with Tina's past, her mysterious and tragic relationship with Tony Scarezza, a former gangster, and her reliance on Dr. Irving, a physician whose skills play havoc with malleable victims like Tina.
The denouement leaves Goodey sitting pretty but not before he has had to come to terms with the violence and the ugliness implicit in Tina's world. Alverson portrays his sleuth hero with wisecracking humor and verve, and the twists and turns of the plot will keep you guessing.”