The Ace of Spades

'A Luis Mendoza story means superlative suspense' Los Angeles Times

Lieutenant Luis Mendoza works with an outstanding team at the Los Angeles Police Department. They need to be. On their hands is a case of a vanished treasure of coins; drug dealers and a clutch of law-breaking brothers.

As well as the cases, though, there's an inside view of a police department and the varied lives of the characters who work within it.