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Each time, after another failed date—set up by friends, of course—I evaluate the whitewashed walls which hem me in with the dead. The façade always reveals what’s lodged in the ceiling—a wayward chip of bone from a victim’s skull, flung there by the electric saw.

See? I can be cheerful. But let’s get on with the story.

On the day the whole thing started, I readied the latest client in the Office of the Crypt Keeper for a visit. I hadn’t completed a postmortem yet, since the victim required viewing for identification. Homicide was escorting a family member my way.

Too early to fill out the death certificate. I couldn’t place an X in either of the paperwork’s checkboxes—HOMICIDE or SUICIDE—because the victim’s bloody feet and missing shoes meant there was much more to this story.

I was sure.

Dead sure.

I’m Jack McCloud, the Lone Ranger of the dead across Southern Oregon. My very own Rest in Peace Department.

And this victim was nowhere near at rest.

Shanghai Road, a Whiskey River Mystery, Book 3

Shanghaiing is history. Now, transportation is the key.

 

Allie Espinoza, a private investigator with questionable methods, is eager to make a solid reputation in Whiskey River.

 

On her first job, on a less-than-legal search for evidence for fraud, she uncovers more than she bargained for.Now she’s on the run—until she’s apprehended by Deputy Ben Johnson, one of Whiskey River Police Department’s finest. At the police station, Allie’s true identity is uncovered.

 

Desperate for extra staff, the PD hires her to help investigate a now complicated case, and it’s not all champagne.

 

As she and the PD unravel the secrets of spidery intrigue, time runs short while lives hang in the balance. Allie Espinoza must dodge those finer points of the law, a cranky homicide detective, and uncover the evil. While Allie and Ben confront their own demons, one of them may become the next victim. And Whiskey River is where love, danger, and redemption collide.

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