That Which Doesn't Kill You
Christian Thompson. Allison & Busby, $24.95 (217pp) ISBN 978-0-7490-0553-5
When Chris ""O.B."" O'Brien, PI and former psychiatric nurse, investigates drug dealing and then murder at his local club, his West Indian assistant, Kelp, winds up with broken bones and a heroin overdose in Christian Thompson's lively debut mystery, That Which Doesn't Kill You. To find the bad guys, O.B. enlists the aid of Kelp's lovely sister, Debra, a vegan who shares his taste for good food.
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Reviewed on: 09/02/2002
Genre: Fiction