Poison Blonde — Loren D. Estleman

WHO IS GILIA CRISTOBAL?

She's simply one of the hottest of hot Latina singers. But nothing in her life is simple. In her native land she was involved with people the government didn't like, and she barely escaped with her life to start fresh in the U.S. In her wake she left accusations about a former lover, about violence, about blackmail. Now she's in Detroit to make music and wants Amos Walker to protect her from those who have threatened her life. She also wants him to investigate someone from the darkest chapter of her former life. When Walker realizes that Gilia's main man, recently out of prison, doesn't regret the time he nearly killed Walker, what first seemed like an easy payday starts looking more and more like a losing proposition. Latin heat, indeed.