This is a narrow pick. I enjoyed most of this short hard-boiled PI tale, but the conclusion was completely dissatisfying and the misogyny was almost unbearable. For a book written in the 1980s, it has all the disdain for women that you read in a Chandler or Hammett novel. I own the rest of the series, so I‘m sure I‘ll finish it, but I think it‘s going to be awhile before I pick up book 3. #Bailey kept me company while I finished. 💖