DC Frost

"A Punishing Breed takes place on the Los Angeles campus of Hesperia College, where the death of a philandering administrator raises questions of class, race, and gender. The murder brings together DJ Arias, an old-school Mexican American detective; DannyMendoza, an ex-convict campus gardener; and The Watcher, a mysterious neighborhood recluse. As the investigation progresses, DJ becomes enmeshed in the insular world of a private elite liberal arts...