Author: krisnelscott

While investigating a landlord’s lonely death at a Chicago property, PI Smokey Dalton makes a frightening discovery: human bones hidden in the basement — and a host of secrets buried with them. “A suspenseful mystery” (Publishers Weekly) from an Edgar Award–nominated author.

PI Smokey Dalton is shocked when a strange woman walks into his office, claiming he’s in her mother’s will — and drawing him into a search with roots in the civil rights–era South. “Powerful stuff” (Kirkus Reviews).