The Dyeing Process - Swinton Woolfe

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Résumé :
Murder is visceral and viscous...Like dye to cloth...It changes you...Sticks to you...It won't let you go. Private investigator Neil Ames knows that better than anyone. Twenty years after the murder of his fianc?e, Emily Granger-and the war that left him fractured-he survives on routine: he sketches to quiet the noise, quotes Sherlock Holmes to impose order on chaos, and dismantles corporate corruption in the rain-soaked Pacific Northwest. When investigative reporter Katherine Sterling, Emily's best friend, is murdered, Neil's fragile equilibrium is shattered, reopening old wounds. The murder draws Neil back into a world he tried to leave behind-a decision that teams him up with Octavia Clarkes, a charismatic, savvy, and cane wielding nightclub owner, with a talent for reading tells and drawing out what others try to conceal. When another brutal murder occurs, what began as a local homicide spirals into something far larger: a trail leading from handcrafted luxury sneakers to environmental sabotage ... and into the guarded boardrooms of a powerful Japanese conglomerate. As they inch closer to the chilling truth, Neil and Octavia find themselves in the crosshairs. The line between past and present blurs, threatening to unravel what remains of their own histories and turning Neil's hunt for the truth into something far more personal-a quest for atonement and redemption....

Biographie:
Swinton Woolfe began writing after she'd read every book in her small-town library...open just one day a week. With nothing left to borrow, she started writing stories for herself, inspired by boredom, curiosity, and an enduring love of PBS Masterpiece Mysteries.An adventurer at heart, she has worked as a social worker, radio news editor, public affairs broadcaster, actor, director, and artistic director of a Shakespearean theatre company. A lifelong Pacific Northwest resident, she now lives in Washington State's San Juan Islands, where she is often found walking her dog, Sherlock, while plotting the next book in the Neil Ames, PI series....

Sommaire:
Murder is visceral and viscous...Like dye to cloth...It changes you...Sticks to you...It won't let you go. Private investigator Neil Ames knows that better than anyone. Twenty years after the murder of his fianc?e, Emily Granger-and the war that left him fractured-he survives on routine: he sketches to quiet the noise, quotes Sherlock Holmes to impose order on chaos, and dismantles corporate corruption in the rain-soaked Pacific Northwest. When investigative reporter Katherine Sterling, Emily's best friend, is murdered, Neil's fragile equilibrium is shattered, reopening old wounds. The murder draws Neil back into a world he tried to leave behind-a decision that teams him up with Octavia Clarke, a charismatic, savvy, and cane wielding nightclub owner, with a talent for reading tells and drawing out what others try to conceal. When another brutal murder occurs, what began as a local homicide spirals into something far larger: a trail leading from handcrafted luxury sneakers to environmental sabotage ... and into the guarded boardrooms of a powerful Japanese conglomerate. As they inch closer to the chilling truth, Neil and Octavia find themselves in the crosshairs. The line between past and present blurs, threatening to unravel what remains of their own histories and turning Neil's hunt for the truth into something far more personal-a quest for atonement and redemption....