*** Shortlisted Ngaio Marsh Awards 2019 Best First Novel ***

Bordello madam Hennessey Reed suspects even the combined magic of laudanum and Irish whiskey will not soothe her distress. The girl lying violated on the undertaker's table will remain dead, her wounds horrifying, inexplicable, and reminiscent of Indian sacrifice.

Hennessey treasures the uneasy peace she has found in the remote town of Melancholy, in 1880s Idaho Territory. However, when three more young girls are discovered she recognizes one of the victims and her hard-won equilibrium is compromised.

She decides U.S. Marshal Rafael Cooper requires her help to find the killer although acknowledges, if consulted, he may not necessarily agree. Nevertheless, with her Bowie strapped to her calf and wolfhound Raven at her side Hennessey sets out to investigate—a one-woman stampede.

Book 1 in the Hennessey Reed mystery series.
Book 2, in the Hennessey Reed mystery series, DYING GRASS MOON, due for release July 31, 2021.

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