Body Guard — Rex Burns

Devlin Kirk is back in this third book by Rex Burns featuring the clever private eye and his bear-sized partner, Bunchcroft. Kirk & Associates are once again reduced to investigating insurance fraud cases in order to keep the agency afloat, when two new cases come along to throw Dev and Bunch into action.

The managers of an accident-plagued industrial complex suspect drug abuse by its employees and hire Kirk & Associates to ferret out the guilty parties. Kirk assigns the case to his naive and eager new operative, Chris, who soon guesses that the small-time users are linked to a large-scale drug-smuggling operation. When Kirk decides to turn up the pressure by posing as a Mafia-connected dealer, young Chris is brutally murdered and Kirk's hunt for the kingpin becomes personal.