Dick Lochte – författare

Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage seriesFor the unlikely crime-busting duo Leo and Serendipity, a missing dog is only the start of their troubles...Leo Bloodworth, 'the Bloodhound', is a world-weary L.A. gumshoe with a reputation for finding anything - and a low tolerance of precocious teenagers. Serendipity Dahlquist is a precocious teenager. When the headstrong, roller-skating fourteen-year-old asks Bloodworth to help track down her lost dog Groucho, it leads this oddest of odd couples into the dark criminal underworld of the Mexican mafia, and into more trouble than they'd bargained for.

When the naked body of a beautiful TV presenter is found dumped in downtown L.A. a young black male is soon taken into custody. But as District Attorney Nikki Hill uncovers the secrets surrounding the victim, she is forced to review the situation - and to try and make her way out of it alive.