Requiem For the Rio (The DiPaolo Trilogy)

1901: Pinkerton op Martino DiPaolo is working as bodyguard. He’s guarding the Hong Kong consul general and family on their voyage to San Francisco aboard the S.S. City of Rio de Janeiro. The consul’s in a hurry to get to the U.S. president’s inauguration. That’s because he know of a threat on the president’s life. There’s also a threat against the consul. DiPaolo has failed once before. He fears he may fail again. Meanwhile, the man assigned to kill the president is alone and running loose. And the Rio is running late. Who succeeds or fails in this race against death?