The Connubial Corpse: 2 (A Malcom Winters Mystery)

What begins as concern for a college student from China who starts missing classes takes a more sinister turn when the body of another young Asian woman is found in a shipping crate heading overseas. Reluctant sleuths Malcom and Vinn uncover a baffling set of clues as they race around Chicagos Chinatown trying to find the student before she meets a similar fate along the way enlisting the help of a crossdressing businessman an elderly faux Cuban cook an overeager journalism student a government source hiding behind a Vladimir Putin mask and a posse of eccentric misfits. Their actions draw the attention of the local triad putting a target on their own backs before a final confrontation in a most unexpected place.