The Devil's Leaf

PAPERBACK VERSION: Classic noir/adventure novel from 1952. Ray Brook plays jazz guitar in a San Francisco club. He’s just looking to make a buck and indulge his obsession with music. The last things on his mind are foreign intrigues and the machinations of an international criminal cartel. But that’s what he finds himself involved in when the owner of the club, the mysterious Anton Wolff, requests that Ray go to Bolivia on a dangerous mission. Ray feels compelled to go by forces unknown to him, and soon he encounters enough shifty characters to fill a mug shot book, including the beautiful Mrs. Huffington and the glamorous Honey Caine. Everything comes to a head once Ray reaches Bolivia, with love, murder, revenge, revolution and a certain addictive leaf all in the mix. Can Ray make sense of the game and the players before time runs out for him?