Daniel Linden

The Aikido Aspect Daniel Linden

The Aikido Aspect is the eleventh Aikido Mystery. Sensei Parker is now the owner of the Black Diamond Detective Agency. Fat Albert discovered how much money floats around Hollywood and decided quickly that he wants to live there. His son, Little Albert - all seven feet of him - wants to be a movie star, so synchronicity rears its ugly little head and Fat Albert headed west. Parker took the chance and bought in, sort of... But he has a lot to learn. Melisa Brown from Missoula, Montana joins the crew as Parker's office manager and she proves useful her first day on the job, telling the mafia hit man "We deal in lead." It becomes a recurring theme as Parker discovers he has a lot to learn about the business: fighting with a mob hit man, hunting government assassins, chasing down a plot to blow up Cape Canaveral, as well as a running shootout with middle-east terrorists bent on mass destruction. It only gets worse. The Aikido Aspect is a page-burner like none before it and Parker has to run to keep up. The action is fast and furious and we see a Parker that we've never seen before. Opie, Parker's constant companion, once again steps up and does what he does and we discover a secret from Parker's past that leaves Opie stunned. This is the best Aikido Mystery yet.