The Big Boom: 2 (A North Beach Mystery 2)

Set in San Francisco before the high-tech markets went bust The Big Boom features Dante Mancuso an obsessive private investigator who works the streets of his hometown where hes known by his nose and his nickname: The Pelican. . Settling in and hoping to settle down his peace is shattered when an old North Beach family asks him to find their daughter---one of Dantes former sweethearts. Though the case alienates his longtime lover Marilyn Visconte Dante has no choice but to plunge into the shadows of the dot-com revolution.. A tightrope of a novel and a perfect modern example of classic noir The Big Boom is a taut story about familial duplicity personal greed and the desperate pull of love in many forms.