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The Music of What Happens

"Flashes of dark poetry of Ross MacDonald." -- Chicago Tribune

Alaskan defense investigator Cecil Younger has the child custody case from hell, and a client to match.  Shrill, confrontational, and obsessed, Priscilla DeAngelo is sure her ex is conspiring with a state senator to wrest her son from her.  When she storms off to Juneau for a showdown, Younger's custody case swiftly turns into a murder.

Fired from her defense team, Younger stays with the investigation.  He's not sure what keeps him bulldogging the case - Priscilla's sister, his lost love; his regard for truth as a rare commodity; or the head injury Priscilla's ex gave him - but he won't let go until it's solved.  

But this time, the truth is less likely to set him free than to get him killed....

BUY

The Music of What Happens

"Flashes of dark poetry of Ross MacDonald." -- Chicago Tribune

Alaskan defense investigator Cecil Younger has the child custody case from hell, and a client to match.  Shrill, confrontational, and obsessed, Priscilla DeAngelo is sure her ex is conspiring with a state senator to wrest her son from her.  When she storms off to Juneau for a showdown, Younger's custody case swiftly turns into a murder.

Fired from her defense team, Younger stays with the investigation.  He's not sure what keeps him bulldogging the case - Priscilla's sister, his lost love; his regard for truth as a rare commodity; or the head injury Priscilla's ex gave him - but he won't let go until it's solved.  

But this time, the truth is less likely to set him free than to get him killed....

BUY

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    I00 buds of spring. https://t.co/Pa9wllv2IT
    May 2, 2017, 9:39 PM

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