Author: markhazard

The flood waters have receded, and the city is in full bloom, when Harding’s most cherished artist dies in horrific fashion, just hours after unveiling his greatest work yet to the public. Crime scene analysis confirms Detective Kyle Villante’s hunch: Poison. But the exotic poison’s mere existence is a mystery in itself.Retired from police work, Solomon Aduwo has returned to Harding to lose … lose himself in volunteer service, but Harding’s elites single him out and draw him into their circle of power, power he finds intoxicating. They make him offers he can’t refuse, but when the artist’s death rocks…

When a young woman is found dead, detective Kyle Villante — fresh from an undercover stint gone horrifyingly wrong — is assigned to investigate. But with the State Police shadowing his every move, Villante has his hands full. Can he crack the case and restore his reputation?