The Photo Thief

A 2023 IPPY Award Gold Medal Winner in MysteryAn AudioFile Earphone Award WinnerA 2023 ITW Thriller Award FinalistA 2023 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award FinalistPhotos Never Lie.Still grieving his toddler’s death, Detective Dan Brennan of the Philadelphia P.D. returns to the force and is assigned to investigate a socialite’s fatal fall down her mansion’s staircase. But the open-and-shut case is turned on its head when the victim’s daughter alleges her mother was murdered. Her evidence? The dead. The vintage photographs of past murder victims displayed on the mansion’s walls have told her so.Compelled to listen to the reclusive teen’s pleas, Brennan begins to investigate her mother’s death and the disturbing secrets hidden in that house. Each vintage photograph is tied to a quartet of cold cases with a disturbing commonality. As the wealthy family’s long, sordid history threatens to bury Brennan, he realizes he has to make a choice: save his career, or risk it all for the chance to hear his daughter’s voice again.For readers who enjoy Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella, Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane.