Fulton County Blues — Ruth Birmingham

Her personal life might be a mess. She might have trouble standing up to her meddling mother. But as lead detective at Atlanta's Peachtree Investigations, hard-nosed, fast-talking PI Sunny Childs is always capable of cracking a case...

When Sunny investigates the death of Vietnam vet Jerry Reynolds, she has an ulterior motive. Jerry was in her father's unit, and since her dad died in Vietnam, he has been a mysterious figure in Sunny's past. But an investigation of Jerry's--and the unit's--activities suggests that her dad isn't the war hero she grew up believing in. Where and how did he really die? The unit's surviving members won't give her the information she seeks. Of course, the more doors people slam in her face, the more Sunny is determined to find the answers. But those answers may be more complicated--and painful--than Sunny ever dreamed...