Five Star First Edition Mystery - Unfaithful Servant

Famed screenwriter Timothy Harris brings back one of the most revered private eyes in Los Angeles's literary history. His noir writing was acclaimed in such novels as Kyd for Hire and Good Night and Goodbye. Unfaithful Servant is the third novel starring Los Angeles P.I. Thomas Kyd. Thomas Kyd is a recovering alcoholic still haunted by a terrible crime he committed in Vietnam involving a child. When 14-year-old Hugo Vine tries to hire him to spy on his movie star mother, Sally Vine, and her new husband, Kyd refuses to work for a minor who is apparently mentally unbalanced. Months later, Hugo's mother, Sally, hires Kyd to keep a close watch on Hugo. Thrown together with the boy on a daily basis, Kyd discovers Hugo's life is haunted by the possibility his real father was murdered by the man who replaced him. Even worse, his own mother may have played a role in this tabloid murder. Kyd must test the limits of his own courage and humanity to save Hugo from the deadly web in which he's been caught. Timothy Harris lives in Los Angeles, California, and London.