Matson’s Case No. 2

Three dead men. One name. A past the U.S. government would rather keep buried.

New York City, 1955. Detective Matson expects little more than routine work when he's sent to photograph the scene of an apparently natural death in Chinatown. But nothing about the dead man's apartment makes sense.

Behind the walls of a rundown building are expensive furnishings, priceless artwork, and no trace of the life its occupant supposedly lived. Then Matson discovers a suitcase containing evidence of a very different identity and a disturbing connection to Nazi Germany.

Before long, two more men bearing the same name are dead within blocks of the first.

Coincidence is no longer an option.

As Matson and his partner follow the evidence, their investigation leads them into the shadowy world of Operation Paperclip, the secret U.S. program that brought German scientists to America after World War II. Men who should have faced justice have instead been given new identities, new lives, and protection because of what they know.

But someone knows who they really are.

Using the still-developing tools of 1950s forensic science and the instincts that have served him well on the streets of New York, Matson begins unraveling a web of false identities, classified research, government secrecy, Nazi hunters, and murder.

Every answer raises another question. Who are the three dead men? Who wanted them silenced? And is Matson uncovering their killers...or getting dangerously close to secrets powerful people will do anything to protect?

The war may be over, but its darkest secrets are still alive in New York City.

Matson's Case No. 2 is a historical detective thriller blending murder mystery, forensic investigation, postwar intrigue, and the chilling legacy of Nazi scientists brought to America through Operation Paperclip.