I enjoyed the story because Dek Elstrom is certainly a flawed "hero" and I don't often get to read mysteries set in southwestern Michigan. I know that I had a hard time following the twists clearly with the dead bodies and set up for visitors which almost made me put it down, except that I wanted...
An extortion letter arrives at Crystal Waters, one of Chicago's wealthiest gated communities. It makes no specific threats, gives no instructions, demands only that $50,000 be gotten ready---chump change for an enclave where the cheapest house is worth three million. It's easy to see it as harmle...
I drove to Leo’s, smashed his back-door glass, called the cops, and settled back smug in the Jeep. Delightfully, I had a cement truck to watch while I waited. It had beaten me to Leo’s block and was churning in front of the excavation as two workers set up chutes to pour the foundation walls. Aft...