First published 2012
Lee Tripper has carried doubts about his brother's death for decades. Rock star J. C. Tripper died in Tangier with only Lee present, but Lee's memories of that drug-filled final night remain hazy. When someone sends Lee a Nazi pistol and four Polaroid photos of a corpse, the old case demands fresh attention. Lee contacts Sam Innis, who knew both brothers well, and Sam pushes him to hunt down J.C.'s former bandmates and music business connections. The investigation turns deadly when Lee's girlfriend, a conspiracy theory writer, gets tortured and killed in her bathtub. Now Lee faces a brutal choice. He can abandon his search and live with permanent uncertainty about what really killed his famous brother. Or he can keep digging into J.C.'s final days, knowing that the truth might cost him his own life.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Tangier
Period: Decades
272 pages · ebook · Mysteriouspress.Com/Open Road
Content warnings: drug-use, murder, torture