by Stephen R. Donaldson

With his life on the skids after accidentally killing a cop, his own brother, P.I. Mick "Brew" Axbrewder makes his living working as muscle for his former partner, Ginny Fistoulari, until his niece, the daughter of his dead brother, mysteriously vanishes and he must overcome his own problems to find the missing teenager amid the dark underbelly of Puerto del Sol. Reprint.