East meets West – It’s one way traffic
Armenians, Russians and Georgians have joined earlier escapees from Yugoslavia (hard men who now have to decide whether they are Serbs or Croats, and there is no love lost there) as the latest influx from the edges of Europe. What they do is run the seamy side of Los Angeles, the clubs, the strip joints, the massage parlours, the near brothels, and for that they need a constant supply of new girls. Girls who are preyed on from the minute they thought they were getting safe passage into the USA. But, when the sister of one of them is found dead in the container that they were shipped in, the ties of family are stronger than any threat from Mr Markov or Mr Kim or Hector Cozzo. Her sister is going to the police.
Hector Cozzo has other things involving the police to be concerned about. A major Russian player is in town and Mr Markov wants him to be given anything he desires. That is going to require more than the services of one of the girls – it calls for an amputee to satisfy his fetish. Time for a ‘wired up’ Jetsam to arrive on the scene and a lesson in deception – except the best-laid plans can sometimes go sideways and that means danger for everyone involved.
Somehow, somewhere, it all has to come to an end.