River of Glass

August 25, 2014
In Terrell’s solid third Jared McKean mystery (after 2012’s A Cup Full of Midnight), the Nashville PI takes on a case with an unexpected family connection. When Khanh, a scarred Vietnamese woman around his age, shows up one day at his door, claiming to be his half-sister, Jared is forced to concede that his soldier father may have had a second family overseas. Khanh wants Jared’s help in finding her 19-year-old daughter, Tuyet, who vanished after coming to America with a young man. A prologue reveals that Tuyet is in the hands of brutal sex slavers and that her situation is desperate. McKean must work his way through layers of pimps, ostentatious do-gooders, and desperately overworked cops in his effort to rescue Tuyet and her fellow victims. In addition to the story’s emotional rewards, Terrell offers insights into the mechanics of domination and submission. Agent: Jill Marr, Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.