CLEVIS DALTON lives a decent life. Betrayed by a man closer than blood, he withdraws into isolation. The wife who left him dies in an unbelievably sadistic way. Clevis is the only person who can find justice for her.

A suspicious fire destroys an historic hotel, where a stranger plunges to his death from an upper-story window. Newsman Kieran “Red” Maguire takes to the dark streets to unravel the mystery. It’s 1955 in the mining city of Butte, Montana.

The 8th book in the Police Procedural series set at Central Robbery/Homicide Precinct, Portland, Oregon. Detectives John Bowers and partner Minnie Raye are trying to stop a serial killer who stalks single women living alone.

Red Maguire, a love-starved Irish newspaper reporter who belongs on the cover of pulp fiction magazines, is famous on the winding streets of Montana’s notorious mining city for his newspaper scoops. Now he uncovers a fresh story for the Butte Bugle.

Kieran "Red" Maguire, crime reporter at a Montana newspaper, becomes an amateur sleuth as several seemingly unrelated murders strike his city. Each victim is left with a mysterious calling card. Red investigates as he realizes the very next victim might be -- him.