A Shadow of Jaguars

In Mexico City for a family funeral, Detective DJ Arias encounters a group of Robin Hood–style thieves who call themselves the Jaguars. Their activities reach across the border into Los Angeles with a Hollywood murder that entangles LA’s elite and the nannies, housekeepers, and gardeners who serve them, and threatens DJ’s own loved ones. A follow up to the mystery A Punishing Breed, A Shadow of Jaguars finds DJ and partner Bobby Talbot struggling to untangle a murder where Hollywood, wealthy powerbrokers, and an immigrant population struggle to coexist and survive. Throughout it all, his faithful dog Evidence is by his side.

Advance Praise

“The police procedural is given fresh rendition in Frost’s deft delivery taking us beyond physical and psychological borders into a Southland from where schemes and calamities spring. And a cop who is more than a cop, seeks answers because the dead demand justice in this topical, yet timeless excursion into human frailties.”
—Gary Phillips, author of The Haul

“Propulsive, nuanced, with brightly drawn characters, DC Frost’s A Shadow of Jaguars grabs you from the very first page where Detective DJ Arias finds himself zip-tied to the woman of his dreams—and not in a good way. This richly layered and immersive thriller is a love letter to Los Angeles, to Mexico, and to the gritty underbelly of Hollywood, and deserves a place on the shelf next to the finest of noirs.”
—Susan Coll, author of The Literati

“At once humorous, gripping, and poignant, A Shadow of Jaguars will pull you in and make you fall in love with Detective Arias all over again. Pulling back the curtain in Hollywood, Frost’s story is so much more than a whodunit—it gives voice to the immigrants who power the powerful, is twisty enough to tie you in knots, exciting enough to keep you guessing, and smart enough to make you think.”
—I.S. Berry, author of The Peacock and the Sparrow