About This Book
He's a hard-boiled private detective with no clients and a crazylandlady looking for his overdue rent. After a young gunman walks intohis office, telling him to lay off of a case he's not involved with, Ray soon finds himself in the middle of murder, deceit, and deception.Brought in to investigate a fiendish killing, which leads to another,the shamus tries to sort out the sinister motive. Paintings with eeriedepictions of the murders hang near the bodies, and the police believeit's the work of a madman.
But that's not the worst part. Irish lets Orella, his new client,get kidnapped. Feeling like a juggler on a high wire act, Raystruggles to find his client who stole a valuable ring at the same timehe seeks the real purpose behind two wealthy cousins hiring him toretrieve the same ring. In his search, Ray descends into the late 1940sworld of narcotic pushers and users.
As the pressure from the two cases takes their toll, Ray rekindleshis relationship with Samantha Carter, considered by the police to be asuspect in the murders. She brings out buried emotions that are asdifficult to manage as his business relationship with his mercenarypartner, Cat Bennett. It doesn't help that nightmares and ghosts invade his sleep, reminding him of unfinished business.
The atmosphere around Oyster City grows black with each passing dayas Ray discovers his friends have similar supernatural dreams. Thetarot cards of the Shadows foreshadow their evil presence as theycontinue bloody and violent rituals. While the citizens go about theirdaily lives, little do they understand that a dark period of history isabout to return to a terrifying climax.
This book is intended for adult readers. Due to the sometimes brutal and ruthless nature of pulp and noir crime stories, this work containsgraphic violence, sexual violence, creative language, and innuendo. This book does not contain explicit sexual content.
