While COVID-19 rages, the killings don't stop--a new Inspector Mislan
thriller for fans of Michael Connelly, James Ellroy, and John Burdett.
Eight months after the assassination attempt that nearly ended his life,
Inspector Mislan Latif is back on twenty-four-hour duty with his
assistant, Detective Sergeant Johan Kamaruddin, when the call comes in:
double murder in a house in the police district of Sentul. The two
dark-skinned men were killed identically, execution-style. In the master
bedroom of the rental, in plain sight on the bed, is almost three pounds
of drugs, while no identfying documents, wallets, phones, and the like
are to be found. No shots were heard, or the neighbors won't admit to
hearing them, but someone called the killings in to notify the police.
In the area, drugs are rampant and also foreign nationals, legal and
illegal. If the vics were foreign, without papers, where do they start?
Just as Mislan and Jo begin to dig into the case, they face an
unprecedented hurdle. COVID-19 is spreading in the country at an
alarming rate, prompting a nationwide Movement Control Order. Pursuing
their leads in spite of the new restrictions, the investigators come
into contact with members of the underworld and the refugee community,
before realizing that the real culprits may be closer than they think.
