Crime Leads and Love Shadows - Paperback

On a night of fireworks over San Francisco, disgraced former detective Nelson Kane hears a scream from the apartment across the alley and finds himself drawn into a death that is anything but ordinary. The victim is Hector Knight, a wealthy public figure with dangerous secrets The widow is Mary Knight, the woman Nelson never truly left behind

As police circle, whispers rise, and a mysterious pearl points toward a crime buried far beyond the city, Nelson is forced back into the kind of investigation that once destroyed his life. What begins as one suspicious death quickly unfolds into a labyrinth of betrayal, obsession, hidden history, and a secret powerful enough to kill for.

Darkly atmospheric and emotionally charged, Crime Leads and Love Shadows is a gripping noir thriller where love becomes a liability, the past refuses to stay buried, and every shadow hides a price.