by L. R. Wright
First published 2018
Karl Alberg traded big city crime for the quiet Sunshine Coast of Canada. He handled gangsters and drug dealers in his old life. Those cases seem simple compared to what he discovers one morning. A woman sits propped against a tree, her face washed clean, her throat cut ear to ear. Nobody knows who she is. Alberg recruits a local artist to sketch her features, hoping someone will recognize her without the fatal wound. The plan works too well. Tips flood in from across town. Every lead points to the same suspect. Alberg should feel relieved to have his answer so quickly. Instead, something about the case bothers him. The victim remains a mystery even as the evidence builds. The small town that seemed so peaceful now holds secrets Alberg never expected.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Canada, Sunshine Coast
Period: 20th-century
287 pages · Kindle Edition · Felony & Mayhem Press