Death in a Country Diner — Bob Moats

Hank Walters is a retired Alexandria, Virginia police Detective who recently applied for his private investigators license and has been chasing down a missing girl. He rescues the girl and is now asked by an attractive woman who owns a diner, to help protect her from thugs trying to run her out of business. The thugs are part of a Mob that wants her property to supposedly build a mall. But is it the real reason behind the threats? Hank has to go in with an ex-con friend to protect her and her employees from the thugs. Things get heated when Hank has to confront an old foe who is head if the mob family and his men have just crossed the line by shooting up the diner, killing one waitress. Hank is joined by Police Detective Henry Brent as they track down the real reason that the Mob wants the diner in a surprise twist and shoot out at the diner. This is the third book in the Alexandria series and is a novella..