The Angel Gang (Hickey Family Crime Novels, #5)

Tom and Wendy Hickey are attempting the happily ever after routine, in their shack on the shore of Lake Tahoe. Wendy is pregnant and fragile, and Tom intends to put nothing above caring for her. Then Cynthia Moon calls. She used to sing at Rudy's Hacienda, a San Diego nightclub in which Tom was a partner. She begs him to come and help clear her of an arson charge. Wendy urges him to go.

Tom speeds to San Diego, intending to return within a couple days. But when Cynthia blames an L.A. mob for...