Bluefin Blues (Aristotle "Soc" Socarides) (Volume 6)

Off the coast of Cape Cod, a Japanese bluefin tuna buyer is found dead on another man s boat, a harpoon shot through his chest. The dead man s grandfather, a Japanese fishing tycoon, seeks out part-time private investigator Aristotle Soc Socarides to find those responsible for his grandson s death. Soc is desirable because he s also a part-time fisherman; because the man also knows that Soc is deeply in need of funds to repair his dilapidated fishing boat, he knows Soc ll accept. Soc can t shake an uneasy feeling about the way the old Japanese man found him and the way he persuaded Soc to take the job: It was almost as if he knew me better than I knew myself. This realization should trigger a warning light in Soc s head. Maybe it does. But now Soc is curious. And he still needs the money. What starts out as a simple inquiry into a young man s death to secure the peace of mind of an old man mushrooms into an excavation of the bluefin-fishing community. As Paul Kemprecos s Shamus Award-winning p.i. is about to find out, it is a small, close-knit but competitive group, where the fact that a single tuna has a ten- to twenty-thousand-dollar price tag may inspire men to do evil.