Guardians of the Night (Gideon and Sirius, Book 2) by Alan Russell

By Alan Russell

Because the sole individuals of LAPD’s detailed instances Unit, Detective Michael Gideon and his German shepherd accomplice Sirius paintings investigations thought of weird and wonderful even via Los Angeles’s criteria. but their most modern case is greater than strange—it should be out of this world.

Ronald “Wrong” Pauley is a homeless guy lengthy fallen from grace. whilst Pauley’s late-night ingesting is interrupted through a detonation of sunshine, he sees what he describes as a “being of light” within the alley under. Pauley attempts to assist, yet finally ends up as a witness to what he believes is the homicide of a fallen angel.

Gideon and Sirius are already in the middle of attempting to ascertain the identification of the so-called “Reluctant Hero” who appeared to magically look simply moments after pictures begun ringing out at an straight forward tuition. Braving gunfire, the hero tackled the shooter, after which disappeared.

Both situations defy effortless solutions, but if Pauley turns up useless, the detectives are left with murders to unravel and many questions. Gideon and Sirius—along with support from a newfound friend—investigate that skinny line among the true and surreal to make feel of those attainable crimes.

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Up to this point they had not mentioned Patricio’s severe sentence. “I don’t think it works like that here,” he said sadly. “It works like that everywhere,” Manuel said vehemently. He was becoming more and more upset by his brother’s passive attitude. ” Manuel tried a different approach. ” His brother smiled, but still looked sad. “I have never eaten as well in my life as I do here,” he said, but Manuel did not believe him. “I go to the chapel as often as I can. There is a priest who comes here.

Helen would probably ask about it in passing, about how did that turn out, because … yes, what? Only in order to feel superior? To take her frustrations out on Eva when she ought to put her own life in order? Helen had not worked since she stopped running her home day care several years ago. She drank some of the coffee. She could hear music from Patrik’s room. Eva wished that he had stayed in the kitchen and told her a little more about what Simon’s mother had said. But she sensed there was probably not much more.

Was there something in her posture that made the girls at the ICA supermarket only a little older than Patrik, or the bus driver when she climbed onto the bus in the middle of the day, regard her as a second-class citizen? She did not want to believe this, but the feeling of being worthless had eaten into her. And now Helen, who appeared to be growing at Eva’s expense. It was as if she unconsciously saw the possibility of diminishing Eva as a way to take revenge for her own shortcomings and her submission to a man she should have left many years ago.

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