Overview
In postwar Los Angeles, former spies Evelyn Bishop and Nick Gallagher dig into shady real estate dealings, murder, and the appalling aftereffects of Japanese American internment during World War II.
Now president of her father’s company, Bishop Aeronautics, Evelyn is presiding over a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of her factory when she is approached by Billy Takemura, a Japanese American soldier who announces that she’s building on stolen land.
Like Evelyn and Nick, Billy is a war hero. He served in the decorated 442nd Nisei company, while most of his family were forcibly interned at Manzanar. Their thriving family restaurant, and the land it occupied, were taken while they were in the camp.
Determined to right this wrong—and concerned about her father’s possible involvement in profiteering—Evelyn enlists Nick in her investigation. What starts as a discovery of widespread fraud quickly graduates to murder. Suspects range from an unscrupulous business partner to a bitter widow to Billy’s hotheaded brother. It’s up to Evelyn and Nick to expose the truth. However, it’s not easy when Evelyn is fending off betrayal in her own company and Nick’s brutal childhood returns to haunt him.
Nothing is as it seems as secrets threaten to destroy the life they have worked so hard to build . . .
Review
This is Book number three in the series, Bishop and Gallagher mysteries. I have read book number one, An Unquiet Peace. For some reason, I skipped the second one. It is not necessary read them in order. I’m gonna have to go back and get number two because I really enjoy these characters.
Evelyn is president of her father’s aeronautics company. She is at the groundbreaking of her new facility, when a young man comes up to her and tells her she is building on stolen property. This sends her on a quest to determine what has happened.
The young man, Billy Takemura, is a Japanese American. His family owned a restaurant before the war and when they were put in the internment camps, someone stole their restaurant. Well, now the aeronautics company is building on that very same spot. As you can imagine, Evelyn is livid. She does not want to be stealing anybody’s land.
But this is just part of the story. There is so much that is going on. I enjoyed the hunt to find out what has happened to the land. I enjoyed all the mysteries, and there is more than one mystery in this book. I also love the family drama. And trust me there’s quite a bit of that…especially where Nick is concerned.
Evelyn and Nick are some of the best characters! And I cannot wait until their next adventure.
Need a story with a strong woman character, THIS IS IT! Add it to your list
I received this novel from the publisher for honest opinion.
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