James Dargan

The Waterfront Pact (A Val Buchanan Investigation, #7) (eBook, ePUB)

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The Waterfront Pact (A Val Buchanan Investigation Book 7)

1916, San Francisco. Fog on the Embarcadero. Fire in the warehouses by the bay.

Ex-Pinkerton turned private investigator Val Buchanan arrives in a city braced for war-not abroad, but on its own docks. A coastwide strike has paralyzed the piers, longshoremen demand dignity, and employers demand obedience. Into the smoke steps Buchanan, hired unofficially to keep order where there is none.

But San Francisco's fight runs deeper than picket lines. In Chinatown's shadowed alleys, tong enforcers cut their own bargains with the waterfront bosses. In the pulpits, Reverend Samuel Pike preaches peace while selling it by the candle. In back rooms, attorney Jonas Weber and fixer Victor Laskin ink pacts that trade blood for silence. And in the streets, fiery strike leader Declan O'Rourke rallies men to stand until the gunfire breaks them.

Drawn into a maze of violence and betrayal, Buchanan finds uneasy allies in Mae Ling, a teahouse keeper whose influence runs further than she admits, and Detective Clara Navarro, one of the city's first women on the force, whose badge may not protect her from the truth she insists on writing down.

From fog-draped piers to warehouses set ablaze, Buchanan confronts a pact that hands San Francisco's night to the tongs and its daylight to the Chamber of Commerce. When the fire reaches its height, he must choose whether justice lies in delivering a report-or in burning it before it burns the city.

Perfect for fans of historical noir, labor history thrillers, and character-driven crime fiction. Read Book 7 in the Val Buchanan series-a stand-alone mystery woven with series-long reckonings-and step into the smoke where justice is bartered and every oath has a price.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Danny Boy Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798231592838
• Artikelnr.: 75629994

Autorenporträt

James Dargan is the author of over thirty books spanning crime, noir, satire, historical fiction, and literary fiction. Known for razor-sharp dialogue, vivid characters, and a knack for weaving grit with dark humour, his work ranges from the hard-boiled streets of the Napoleon Clancy thrillers to the sprawling crime sagas of The Bayside City series, the evocative Latin American novels, and a host of standalone titles.

Dargan's novels often drop readers into morally complex worlds where loyalty is fragile, justice is elusive, and survival depends on quick thinking and a little luck. Influenced by the likes of Elmore Leonard, Dennis Lehane, and Cormac McCarthy, his prose balances propulsive storytelling with atmospheric detail, creating stories that are as cinematic as they are immersive.

Whether exploring mob wars and political corruption, the quiet desperation of outsiders, or the chaos of history's turning points, Dargan writes with an unflinching eye and a storyteller's instinct for pacing, character, and place. His work is as much about the people caught in the crossfire as it is about the bullets themselves.

James Dargan: Writer, Raconteur, Blogger, and Journalist.

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