The Lemon Chicken Jones: A Saxon Mystery (Saxon Mysteries Book 6)

#6 in the Saxon mystery series. Saxon is hired to find the missing wife of an aging Borscht Belt comedian. Nappy Kane is a dinosaur, telling stale jokes about women drivers. His career is on the rocks, his bank balance is dwindling - even his agent is turning his back on him. But what broke the old comic's heart was when his wife of less than a year disappeared - along with her clothes, her jewelry, and her new car. Saxon, hired to find her, learns that Doll Kane was a mail-order bride, chosen from a selection offered to him by a rather mysterious "agency." Following a lead provided by a Chinese-American cabaret singer, Saxon tracks down the mail-order agency in a small town in northern California. Accompanied by his adopted son, Marvel, he finds the agency, run from a massage parlor, not only suspicious but dangerous. When he uncovers a murder, Saxon has to protect himself - and Marvel. But he's surprised to discover that though Marvel is still a teenager, when the chips are down, he's a good man to have around.