A Friend in the Dark
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4.0 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Rufus O'Callaghan has eked out a living on the streets of New York City by helping the police put away criminals as a confidential informant. But when Rufus shows up for an arranged meeting and finds his handler dead, his already-uncertain life is thrown into a tailspin. Now someone is trying to kill Rufus too, and he's determined to find out why.
After leaving the Army under less than desirable circumstances, Sam Auden has drifted from town to town, hitching rides and catching Greyhounds, until he learns that a former Army buddy, now a police detective in New York City, has died by suicide. Sam knows that's not right, and he immediately sets out to get answers.
As Rufus and Sam work together to learn the truth of their friend's death, they find themselves entangled in a web of lies, cover-ups, and accelerating danger. And when they witness a suspect killed in cold blood, they realize they're running out of time.
Customer Reviews
Great new series
A Friend in the Dark by Gregory Ashe & C.S. Poe was given to me in exchange for an honest review. Jake, a detective for the NYPD is found dead by his CI Rufus, he needs to find out why before he ends up like Jake. Sam, an army friend of Jake’s finds out his friend is dead and wants to know what happened because of some cryptic emails. Rufus and Sam team up to find out what happened while dealing with the mystery of their own hang ups and attraction to one another. I really enjoyed the story, navigating the emotional baggage each character dealt with and finding why Jake was killed. I can’t wait to read the next installment.
An all new dynamic duo
Gregory Ashe has teamed up with popular writer C.S. Poe, to bring us another pair of fascinating characters who come to us bent and nearly broken by the harshness of their pasts.
Sam Auden, is a veteran struggling to find his place in this world after the horrors of war, who loses his best friend and former lover, NYPD Detective Jake Brower, to what is said to be suicide. Determined to get to the truth, he comes to New York City despite the crippling side effects of Essential Tremor Disorder, and runs into Rufus O'Callaghan, Jakes Confidential Informant, who knows it was cold-blooded murder. Rufus's has his own set of struggles, his own past to overcome, but he owes it to his friend Jake to find the killer.
A Friend in the Dark lets us join Sam and Rufus on their intrepid journey into the heart of a gritty and unforgiving city, while finding an unexpected and beautiful solace in each other. But will it be enough to bring Jake's killer to justice and still hang on to this new relationship?