"What happens when murder is on the docket in a community where loyalty for each other and fear of the police are fiercely passionate elements of the culture itself? It's difficult enough to solve a murder without these ingredients, but first-time author Pat Harrington brings this to life - and solves the crime - in DEATH STALKS THE KHMER.

Bridget O'Hern is an insider of the Cambodian's only in that she has been helpful to their cause and concerns in her "normal" job - but this special relationship only extends so far, and the mystery becomes all the more intriguing for it. Behind the usual ingredients in a murder mystery - greed, lust for power, etc., the secret-society undercurrent makes this a great read.

Be on the lookout for this great new writer, Pat Harrington is off to a great start!"

"Clashing cultures come together to create a compelling read both intriguing and entertaining as police detective jack Patrewski works with Bridget O'Hern to unravel the mystery surrounding two murders inside an immigrant community. Viewed as a helpful outsider by some and an unwelcomed intruder by others, O'Hern is forced to choose between personal safety and her desire to see justice done as she and Detective Patrewski discover a motive for murder steeped in the Khmer Rouge times. Harrington's novel is more than a simple work of fiction. It's a sweeping landscape portrait of the process of assimilation framed by murder. Middle-aged Americans will be reminded of heart-wrenching scenes from "The Killing Fields" and the story of Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father, while reading this unusually sensitive and insightful work of fiction."
-- Sandra Morgan, Editor
Cloudy Mountain Books and Fiction Forest Ezine