Bliss - Lenny Bliss Author:Bob Sloan Manhattan homicide detective Lenny Bliss and his handsome partner Ward investigate the murder of a beautiful Russian dentist and mother who temporarily turned call-girl in order to raise start-up cash for her office back home. Meanwhile, the murderer runs afoul of the Russian mafia in Brighton Beach. Graphic language, good characterization, and ... more »realistic dialog, great sense of place.« less