Description
Fiction. When an old flame from Eritrea shows up at Reporter Bill Haywood's door in San Francisco, he reluctantly agrees to let her stay with him. But there is no room in his life for a former paramour with a jealous husband. Haywood would prefer weeding the garden behind his apartment, studying haiku, and smoking an occasional bowl of hashish when he isn't working for the small, community paper that pays his salary. The murder of a shady jazz musician, Ayana's disappearance, and the unwelcome visit by the cops shocks Haywood out of his complacency. A precious family heirloom must be recovered before Haywood can return to the peaceful life he once knew...
Author Bio
John Goins was born in Washington, DC. He has worked as a dishwasher, library clerk, gardener, English teacher in Istanbul, telephone solicitor, phlebotomist and lab assistant. He also wrote briefly for the Central City Extra, "a monthly newspaper for the Civic Center, Tenderloin, and Sixth St. Corridor." He lives and writes in San Francisco, where he has resided since 1985. He published A PORTRAIT IN THE TENDERLOIN, also featuring reporter Bill Haywood, with Ithuriel's Spear in 2013.
Author City: SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA