Punishing Breed

*Recommended in The New York Times*

A Punishing Breed, the first in a series of novels featuring Detective DJ Arias, is a murder mystery that takes place in Los Angeles, the city of angels, freeways, Santa Ana winds, and honeysuckle slithering through chain-link fences and perfuming LA''s dark streets and neighborhoods. Detective Arias hunts for a murderer on a liberal arts campus that prides itsel...