Ex US Army MP/Ex Secret Service Agent now Bodyguard main character - At least 3 books in the series

[wh1]

Hi. I wonder if you could help me, please. I'm searching for the name of the author who wrote three fiction novels with the same main character. The main character is an ex-US Army MP, ex-Secret Service Agent who works for a bodyguard agency in Asia. In the first novel, his ex-army buddy's body is found half eaten in Hawaii. In the second novel, he returns to his home city (I think it was New York) to bury his father. He drinks with his older brother in a bar, then leaves the bar with a girl he met. The next day he discovers his brother is in a coma in the hospital after a severe beating. His brother visited an after-hours club that used a membership card with the drawing of a woman holding a finger to her lips. In the third book he flies to London, England to rescue his first love and her young daughter from the middle of a drug war between a Jamaican drug gang and a Croatian gang led by her dead husband's uncle who was killed by Dobermans. Any assistance with the name of one of the books or the author's name is much appreciated. Thank you.

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[full_metal_ox]

What time frame are we talking? And was the hero himself Asian-American?

[wh1]

Hi Full_Metal_Ox

Thank you for your question. I read the second and third books in the series in 2010 - 2011. I think the books were written in the 1990s. The first book might have been written in 1988 - 1989, but not earlier.

The hero isn't Asian-American, he was Irish-American, if I remember correctly. At the beginning of the second book, he and his his older brother had attended their father's wake before the story began.

The hero worked for a bodyguard agency based in Asia. I think the company had the name Pacific Rim in it, but I could be wrong.

Appreciate any help with this.

Thank you.

[full_metal_ox]

This thriller fiction database seems like a potentially helpful place to look:

https://spyguysandgals.com/default.aspx