The Vorticist

A journalist, close to death, staggers into Parkside Police Station in Cambridge, England, and sets off a chain of events that pulls private investigator Monte Boutista and his unconventional team into a web of espionage. Hired-gun assassins, crooked officials and a dangerous group of students all have a stake in the affair. Boutista works alongside former boxer Harry Wainwright, law student Aabira, Aunt Penny, a self-described spiritualist, and Detective Chief Inspector Donald Coy. Together they aim to expose the wealthy and ruthless Charles Schwarzkopf and his followers.

To get there, the group must dig up secrets that have been buried for years, chase down a figure who seems to be a living ghost, and confront a trained killer who will not abandon his assignment. The story moves through the university city's streets and institutions, mixing police procedure, private detection and the shadowy world of intelligence agencies.