The Very Least - Ken Kuhlken - Bog

(San Diego, Tijuana, Lake Tahoe): A dear friend of Clifford Hickey's cousin Bo crosses the border on the run from a charge of molesting children in a church nursery school. Because Bo believes him innocent, journalist Clifford agrees to investigate. Soon he has made enemies of gangsters, politicians, and tycoons on both sides of the border. That's the bad news. The good news: he meets Jodi McGee who helps him discover his purpose and write this story.