Synopsis: a woman is dying and wants to see her missing daughter; she hires ex-boxer and now PI, Joe Zanca, to find her.

I don’t like the title, but the story is good.

Had trouble with the set up because I couldn’t tell what it told me about the hero, but once it got started, I enjoyed it a lot.

James Frey was nominated for an Edgar for this book. "Zank the Tank" is a great character. The first chapter ends this way, "Charlotte's no lady,Zank. She's Adolf Hitler with tits." "Don't make no difference to me. I just work for her, I ain't gonna father her children." And thus, Zank is thrown into a great mystery.