In PAYBACK, Johnny Spicer’s seventh caper, H. P. Oliver’s cynical, wisecracking detective is up to his ears in World War II.As a counter espionage agent with the Army Military Intelligence Division, his orders are to help protect a top secret Army Air Force mission intended to strike a blow against Japan as payback for its dastardly attack on Pearl Harbor. When his assignment brings him face to face with the Dragon Lady, a Japanese spy with more than chopsticks in her bag of tricks, he finds himself up against Tojo’s most venomous and lethal agent.PAYBACK is a mystery/thriller with imagery so vivid and dialogue so authentic you feel you are part of the story. It is modern pulp fiction at its finest!