'M' is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California. 'M' is for Malek family: four sons now nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune four men with very different temperaments and needs, linked only by blood and money. Eighteen years ago, one of them angry, troubled and in trouble went missing. 'M' is for Millhone, now hired to trace that missing black sheep brother. And, in brutal consequence, 'M' is for murder ...'Another treat from the alphabet queen' Daily Mail 'An unusually compelling series of novels with a notably convincing central character' Guardian