Mecca for Murder (The Chester Drum Mysteries #2)

By: Stephen Marlowe

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Synopsis: A PI heads from DC to Saudi Arabia to save the life of a client targeted by a hit man. Nothing will stop the beautiful Fawzia Totah and her lover, US Army colonel Lyman Tyler, from boarding a plane for the Middle East to make their pilgrimage to Mecca. So Fawzia hires Washington PI Chester Drum to serve as bodyguard until she&’s safely out of the country. But Lyman&’s wealthy mother, Davisa, doesn&’t want Fawzia to go anywhere safely. The violently bigoted, socially connected woman comes from old Virginia money, and she&’s not about to let this former dancer from Jordan risk her precious Southern reputation. Not only is her son prepared to convert to Islam for the woman he loves, he&’s also already married. When Davisa hires a hit man to track down Fawzia and take her out, Drum has no choice but to follow. However, Davisa&’s motives aren&’t as simple as they first seem—and the road to Mecca has a sudden turn no one will see coming. This is a twisting, fast-paced mystery in the vintage series that &“combined elements of the hard-boiled detective story and the international espionage thriller&” by a recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America&’s lifetime achievement award (The New York Times). Mecca for Murder is the 2nd book in the Chester Drum Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.