Hidden Graves
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- £6.99
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- £6.99
Publisher Description
“An investigator with a seductive one-two punch—a delectably smart mouth and a delightfully nimble brain.” —William Kent Krueger
“Chicago private investigator Dek Elstrom is having a hard time making ends meet, what with the recent collapse of his marriage, the scandal that wrecked his career, and the lack of an actual private investigator’s license. When a woman hires Dek to confirm the whereabouts of three men, Dek’s not exactly in a position to turn down the work, despite his client’s deeply suspicious behavior (Why, for example, does she show up for their meeting wearing an obvious disguise?). When Dek discovers that one of the men is dead and the other two seem to have gone missing, not to mention the fact that the dead man may have taken on a new identity a couple of decades ago, he realizes he’s stumbled onto the kind of case that could resurrect his career―if he can beat a (trumped-up) murder charge, that is. The writing here is splendid, echoing genre veteran Loren D. Estleman, and Dek Elstrom is the kind of guy we genuinely like spending time with.” —Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Del Elstrom uncovers ancient crimes and sordid secrets in Fredrickson's well-paced sixth mystery to feature the witty, junk food dependent PI (after 2015's The Confessors' Club). In need of a job to help pay for the renovation of his eccentric home in Rivertown, Ill. ("the greasiest of the Cook County suburbs"), Elstrom accepts a case from a mysterious client. All he has to do is check on the whereabouts of three men, whose last known addresses were in Arizona, California, and Oregon. He pockets his cashier's check for $2,000 and sets off on his quest. But his trip out west brings up more questions than it answers. He returns to Rivertown to find that someone is setting him up to take the rap for murder. It takes all his skill and luck, plus the help of a beautiful journalist, a rich and politically connected ex-wife, a loyal friend, and a posse of game old dames for Elstrom to make it through the thicket of deceit in this satisfying hard-boiled crime novel.
