It’s no irony that the user of a pornographic website — the exact type of person whose habits fuel the multimillion-dollar sex trade around the world — is the one who discovers a girl he knows on the site and has to deal with the ugly matter of informing his friend, the father.
That gets the ball rolling in Delvin Chatterson’s "Bad Boys in Boston," not just an exciting novel in which two veteran crime fighters are lured out of retirement to solve a case — but also a cry for help on a disturbing topic not for the weak of heart.
“Human trafficking,” says Chatterson, “is a horrifying global tragedy. It is driven by consumer demand without concern for the abuse of human rights and without consideration of the profits being made by criminal organizations.”
That, no doubt, was the case of the man in Denver who sneaked down to a room in his basement, locked the door, and prepared to view pornography on his computer.
The father of the girl, Carmela, is related to one of our protagonists, Frank the Fixer, a former PI with connections to the mob, who is called in with his partner Dale Hunter to rescue the girl. Their search takes them through Montreal, Boston and other gritty venues to meet with police officials, gangsters, street bikers, past relationships, friends of Carmela, and family members to crack the case.
Ultimately, Frank and Dale will need to make deals directly with organized crime for any chance of saving the girl. “Like all good entrepreneurs, they never miss an opportunity,” says Hunter. “Too bad the rest of us can’t rely on violence and murder to expand our family businesses.”
Chatterson’s tagline for the book is ”It’s just business, never personal.”
In a daring move, Frank, through his connections, offers a deal between different mob factions — all interested...
