Hopper Garland is good at finding lost girls. When his last target tries to taker her life upon being discovered, he begins to rethink his career as a private eye. However, a persuasive offer from a sexy woman has him back on the case, chasing a missing sixteen-year-old pregnant girl from the swampy ruins of post-Katrina New Orleans to the neon grime of Las Vegas. Along the way he'll have to contend with a rogue's gallery of henchmen, pornographers, and his own incestuous sister. After he makes a deal with a sociopathic murderer who believes he's found the secret to eternal life, Hopper will relearn that old saw: some things are better off left alone. Praise for XXX SHAMUS: 'XXX Shamus is the most transgressive PI novel ever written. It's also one of the best.' -Allan Guthrie, author of Two-Way Split 'Okay, you tough readers. You like it so raw? Time to put up or shut up. Stick your face into the pages of XXX Shamus. Turn away before the last page and I'll kick your fucking teeth out. Take it. Take it all.' -Victor Gischler, author and Marvel Comics writer 'Danger. Keep your head and hands inside this ride at all times. Then wash them afterwards. Wish I woulda wrote it.' -David James Keaton, author of Pig Iron 'Five stars with the proviso that this is an extreme book, and definitely not for those readers of delicate sensibility.' -Pearce Hansen, author of Street Raised 3