Publisher's Synopsis
This compellation is a tribute to the power and interesting personality of one the of the series' main recurring characters, Warren Biggs. A retired FBI agent, Warren is irascible, wickedly funny, a ladies' man, a raconteur, blessed with sapphire blue elk-shooter's eyes and a profound sense of the profane he takes over every scene he is in. And of course he is 87 years old so no one would dare try and teach him any new tricks. Daniel Linden based this one-of-a-kind character on a personal friend, who will remain nameless, but it is the author's most heartfelt hope that someday his friend see this book and understands from its simple existence how profoundly he has influenced his life. This compellation includes Aikido Au Revoir, Biggs first introduction to the series and a cameo role. Aikido Carumba in which he provides Parker with his first real shot at solving the main mystery. The Aikido Katana is a novel that shows what a bunch of old time, retired agents can do when asked. And The Aikido Widow, a novel in which Biggs is never actually a part of a scene, but his presence, like Don Corleone in The Godfather, is nearly always present. Biggs has a hell of a future. Not to give too much away, but he just might be opening his own branch of Black Diamond Detective Agency in Missoula along with a certain pretty young detective he meets in Aikido Anaconda the next Aikido Mystery.
