Sarda, Peter: - Peter Sarda (www.peter-sarda.com) is an American writer living in Hamburg, Germany. His first novel, "Cash-n-Carry," is a coming-of-age story based on his rough-and-tumble upbringing in the 1970s in the murder capital of the Golden State. His second novel, "One-Way Ticket," is a noir thriller inspired by his adoptive home, a rugged harbor town with a lot of old trading money, a "sinful mile" devoted to the world's oldest profession, and a robust -- and colorful -- criminal underworld.