Ji Hong Sayo: Angelhunting

Seamus Caron has quite the friend in Sandra Blair. She’s a homicide detective in Toronto, and Caron? He’s a PI who operates on both sides of the legal line with his own personal sense of reparation.

He also goes thru secretaries like water but he seems to have found a real gem in Maxwell Moscovitz who can roll with the punches. No doubt she’s hiding something but what doesn’t interfere with the job is none of Caron’s business.

Tracking down a missing briefcase for a woman who doesn’t want to be identified proves tricky. The case must be returned to her unopened but opened is the condition in which he finds it, and the drugs inside.

Meantime Blair asks Caron for help with the murder of a mob lawyer. He’s reluctant to help as the crime family the lawyer worked for is particularly vicious and he’d rather stay under their radar.

Enter into the world of designer drug trafficking, with sky high profits, and even more deaths. And personally for Caron, there is a weight from the past still on his shoulders that shows him no mercy.

I enjoyed Ji Hong Sayo’s writing style in Angelhunting. There’s a droll tilt to the words and a focus on the nitty-gritty (with an emphasis on the gritty) that keeps the pace nicely. Sayo’s attention to detail absorbs you into the characters and the story.