Die Freundin von Privatdetektiv Aimé Vainsteins ist mal wieder verschwunden. Gerade, als er anfängt, sich Sorgen zu machen, erhält er aus der Telefonzelle gegenüber seiner Wohnung im Zürcher Bezirk 4 einen Anruf von einem jungen "Félicité ist in Gefahr", erklärt der Anrufer atemlos. Weiter kommt er nicht, mit quietschenden Bremsen hält ein Auto, zwei Männer springen heraus. Dem Mann in der Telefonzelle gelingt nur knapp die Flucht. Aimé Vainsteins steckt in einem neuen Fall. Die Spuren führen in den illustren Nachtclub eines früheren Pornostars und in eine biedere Kirchengemeinde mit einem obskuren Priester. Bald erkennt Vainsteins, dass auch ein Händler für exklusive Sportwagen seine Finger im Spiel hat.
Authors
Author of several poetry collections including Tell Me, a National Book Award Finalist. My Black Angel is a book of blues poems with woodcuts by Charles D. Jones, from SFA Press. The Palace of Illusions is a story collection from Counterpoint/Soft Skull. A New & Selected, Wild Nights, is out in the UK from Bloodaxe Books. 2016 publications: Mortal Trash, new poems, from W.W. Norton, awarded the Paterson Poetry Prize. A memoir, Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life, from Penguin. Two instructional books on writing poetry: The Poet's Companion (with Dorianne Laux), and Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within. First novel, Little Beauties, was published by Simon & Schuster and chosen as "Best Book of the Month" by Book of the Month Club. My Dreams Out in the Street, second novel, released by Simon & Schuster in 2007. A new word/music CD, "My Black Angel, "is a collaboration with several musicians and contains all the poems in the book of that name. That and an earlier word/music CD with poet Susan Browne, "Swearing, Smoking, Drinking, & Kissing," available from cdbaby.com. There's an earlier book of stories, In the Box Called Pleasure (FC2); and the anthology Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos,, co-edited with Cheryl Dumesnil. I teach poetry workshops at conferences and online through my web site. I also play blues harmonica, and I'm learning jazz flute. Music is a good place to focus when I'm in a writing slump.
