Illegal Author:Paul Levine Edgar-nominated author Paul Levine returns with this adrenaline-laced thriller that follows the desperate and winding paths of illegal immigration from Mexico to California. Fleeing a tragic past and a warrant for his arrest, trial lawyer Jimmy "Royal" Payne encounters the gutsy twelve-year-old Tino Perez, newly arrived from Mexico. Against his ... more »usual instincts, Payne agrees to help Tino look for his mother, Marisol, who went missing after crossing the border with a dangerous coyote. Payne follows the trail of corruption and betrayal through the dark underworld of illegal immigration, human trafficking and sexual slavery, against an army of cops and vigilantes to save Marisols life -- and his own...« less