David H Fears

Dark Eyes: a Mike Angel Mystery (Mike Angel Mysteries) (Volume 10) David H Fears First edition

In 1969 private eye Mike Angel works a routine missing persons case that falls into Albina, the black section of Portland, where a seductive light-skinned siren coaxes Mike to help black businessmen carry out a boycott of corrupt white bar owners and illegal gambling. She also coaxes him carnally, as does an infamous black fan dancer, in cahoots with white bar owners run by mysterious brothers. Black businessmen hire Mike to lead a boycott that threatens to inflame racial passions, all the while Mike closes in on an elusive kingpin who directs arson, kidnapping, and murder, including framing Mike for killing a black leader. Another complex and action-packed stand alone mystery novel, #10 in the series. Adult language and scenes.