[close] tephen R. Donaldson is one of Americas most acclaimed storytellers. In the 1980s, he published three novels about private investigators Mick Axbrewder and Ginny Fistoulari as paperback originals under the pseudonym Reed Stephens. In 2001, Forge published a new novel about these characters, The Man Who Fought Alone, in hardcover under Donaldsons own name. Now Donaldson has rewritten and expanded the first three novels in the sequence. The Man Who Killed His Brother is the first.Mick Brew Axbrewder was once a great P.I. That was before he accidentally shot and killed a copa cop who happened to be his own brother. Now he works as muscle for his old partner, Ginny Fistoulari. Its a living. And it provides an occasional opportunity for him to dry out.But their latest case demands more than muscle. Brews niece has disappeared. His dead brothers widow wants him and Ginny to investigate. And both of them seem to expect Brew to sober up. The darkness they find under the surface of Sunbelt city Puerto del Sol goes beyond one missing teenager. Axbrewder will need all his talents to confront that darkness. Most of all, hell need to confront his own worst enemyhimself. [close]