Terminal Island: A Jack Liffey Mystery by John Shannon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I love it when I find a "new" author!
Picked up this hardcover book at a library sale on a whim.
Turned out to be far far better than I expected.
Things I learned from this book: Terminal Island is a man-made island on south side of Los Angeles; it is a landfill covering Dead Man’s Island and Rattlesnake Island. Terminal refers to shipping. There was a large Japanese fishing population working from the island, prior to World War II; they were all arrested and property confiscated on suspicion of being spies, and that was prior to the infamous internment of Japanese Americans in WWII.
The main antagonist in Terminal Island is a grandson trying to restore the honor of his Japanese ancestors who were interned and abused.
The protagonist is Jack Liffey, a private investigator of missing children.
Very good book.
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