Storme Front (Wyatt Storme) by W.L. Ripley

I am so pleased I get to read this great series, back in print now. Wyatt Storme might be clearly made of the Spenser-mold, he still has an original enough voice to stand out from other Spenser-clones.
This book he gets involved with a weapons deal and ends up trying to help an old friend from his football-playing days. Luckily, skip-tracer / bodyguard and ex-spook Chick Easton (coolest psycho sidekick since Joe Pike) is along for the ride.
This is quite a personal tale for Storme. He has to face his attraction to an old flame, the nightmares from his Vietnam days and just how much of an adrenaline junkie he is.
Lots of action, some mystery and introspection make this a must-have for every PI fan.