TY - SER KW - Polish Americans KW - Arab Americans KW - Maronite Catholics KW - private investigators AU - Michael Ayoob AB - Dexter Bolzjak, a 25-year-old ex-hockey goalie, helps Lou Kashon, an old, terminally ill, produce wholesaler, find his long-lost fiancée, a 1940s Hollywood starlet named Mercy Carnahan. C1 - 1990s-2001 C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh; Strip District; Brookline; Beechview; Oakland; Downtown; Lawrenceville; St. Francis Hospital; Collier Twp.; Chartiers Valley Shopping Center; Butler County; Butler Twp.; Butler C4 - Mystery CY - New York LA - English M3 - Novel N1 - Won the 2010 Private Eye Writers of America Best Private Eye Novel contest. N2 - Dexter Bolzjak, a 25-year-old ex-hockey goalie, helps Lou Kashon, an old, terminally ill, produce wholesaler, find his long-lost fiancée, a 1940s Hollywood starlet named Mercy Carnahan. PB - Minotaur Books PP - New York PY - 2010 RN - Michael Ayoob (1975- ), born and raised in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville and Brookline neighborhoods, attended Carnegie Mellon University and earned his MFA at Columbia University. EP - 293 p. TI - In Search of Mercy ER -