Bad Things Happen

Hard-Boiled Mystery

Author: Harry Dolan

The man who calls himself David Loogan is hoping to escape a violent past by living a quiet, anonymous life in Ann Arbor, Michigan. But when he’s hired as an editor at a mystery magazine, he is drawn into an affair with the sleek blond wife of the publisher, Tom Kristoll-a man who soon turns up dead.Elizabeth Waishkey is the most talented detective in the Ann Arbor Police….Read More

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