A Joe Cinquez Mystery / Jamaica Run / Clifford Mason

Narrator Cinquez, a black private eye, is hired by a mysterious, beautiful young Jamaican woman to help her with some unnamed trouble. He also agrees to investigate a problem his Brooklyn landlady hasregarding her land in Jamaica. In short order, Joe’s landlady is murdered, along with several Jamaicans who have voiced concern over possible land-grabs on the island. Cinquez goes to Jamaica and is involved in a hectic, convoluted story that touches on a new strain of super-ganja, New York City and Jamaican politics, voodoo, black market money deals and multiple killings.