First published 2015
Gulliver Dowd carries more than his share of pain. The little person turned private investigator after losing his sister, an NYPD officer killed in the line of duty. Now he faces an unexpected visitor from his past. Nina walks into his office with a case that will change everything. She was his high school girlfriend, the woman he loved most. She needs him to find her missing daughter. The girl has vanished from her exclusive academy. Nina reveals the truth that stops Gulliver cold. The runaway teenager is his daughter too, born from their teenage romance years ago. Gulliver accepts the case and follows leads from elite boarding schools to the dangerous world of organized crime. He visits a Mafia don's estate seeking answers. Each clue brings new questions about what really happened to the girl. The investigation forces Gulliver to confront his past while racing to save a future he never imagined. Nothing about this case matches what it appears to be on the surface.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, second-chance
Setting: NYPD, New York
Period: Teenage Romance
136 pages · Kindle Edition · Orca Book Publishers
Content warnings: violence