The story is set in post-Katrina New Orleans. Retired police officer, Cliff St. James (horrible name), is working to recover from the storm damage to his Dojo. Since leaving the New Orleans Police Department, he has worked as an MMA trainer. The Storm Damage to his Dojo has caused him to fall on lean times, so when a murdered friends daughter walks into his Dojo one day with the offer of money to investigate her father's murder he jumps at the chance.
This is pure escapism. All of the characters are basically Hollywood movie stereotypes.
Asian gang members, African American MMA fighters, Crooked politicians. Rough and tumble former police detectives with a heart of gold.
Still, it's an entertaining read. It's a like Carl Hiassen novel, without the entertaining characters, and plot that keeps you guessing.
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