PRODUCT DESCRIPTION2011 Edgar and Macavity Nominee Hallinan throws his erudite Los Angeles private eye into the middle of a global human trafficking operatiion in the fifth book in the series. Simeon Grist does a favor for the family of his sometimes-girlfriend, Eleanor Chan, and goes looking for two children who vanished in Chinatown. He quickly learns that he's gone straight through the looking glass and into a world where grieving parents are afraid to contact the police, where fear is the teacher and power is the law, where helpless people are shipped from China to America like so many pairs of shoes and forced into lives of toil and submission. The book was optioned for filming five times. PRAISE FOR “THE MAN WITH NO TIME” AND THE SIMEON GRIST NOVELS“Some of the best mystery reading of the year. Hallinan's story is sheer genius, with a highly original plot, snappy dialogue . . . memorable characters . . . and enough chills and thrills to catch the attention of the most jaded reader.” – BooklistA modern successor to Raymond Chandler . . . Hallinan writes with humor and insight. He has a good eye for detail and sketches all the scary shadows of nighttime Hollywood.”Los Angeles Daily NewsTimely, suspenseful, and exciting – Timothy Hallinan and Simeon Grist have done it again.”Sidney Sheldon“One of the best P.I. Novels I've read in a long time.”Julie Smith, Edgar Award-winning author“Drawn with master strokes . . . take this wickedly funny, dangerous tour into the secret world of Asian Los Angeles. You'll never forget it.”Wendy Hornsby, Edgar Award-winning author of The Paramour's Daughter“Hallinan's prose sparkles. His novels, like Raymond Chandler's are entertaining and occasionally disturbing fantasies.” -- Virginia Pilot and Ledger-Star
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