Children From Dark Houses: (An Atticus & Rosemary Mystery Crime Thriller Series , Book 1)) (A Private Investigator Mystery Crime Thriller Series) (Volume 1)

What if the boy they’re suffering to save isn’t an innocent victim but a violent avenger? Warning: Criminals in this novel are sometimes profane and/or prejudiced. Cynical private investigator Atticus Wynn and his idealistic partner Rosemary Sanchez will stop at nothing to save a damaged boy, even when it means taking on a pair of professional killers and a gang of outlaw bikers in this action-packed and gallows-humored first novel in the Atticus & Rosemary Private Investigator Mystery Crime Thriller Series. The sequel, The Black Song Inside. is available now! When Atticus and Rosemary are hired for the seemingly routine job of finding Imran Khan, a runaway from San Diego’s posh Barrington Academy for troubled teens, the detectives quickly discover this case will be anything but routine. Imran wasn’t running away from the rigid rules of Barrington, he was running into the arms of an enigmatic beauty who goes to great lengths to stay in the shadows. As soon as Atticus and Rosemary learn of this mystery woman, they’re targeted by a brutal outlaw biker gang. When the detectives finally meet their employers in person, Imran's parents, the pieces fall into place. They discover a family seething with rage, an abused boy seeking love, and a secret so powerful, it blows the lid off the case. A dark world of dirty money, deadly spies, and double-crosses is brought to light, forcing Atticus and Rosemary to question whether Imran is an innocent victim or a violent avenger. The detectives will need all of Atticus's street smarts and Rosemary's combat experience to survive as they race down a road of blood and broken people toward a showdown where the very boy they've sworn to save is the person most likely to get them killed. Q & A with the Author Q – With all the great mystery thriller series out there, what makes the Atticus & Rosemary series stand-out? A - Writing these, I was determined to conjure stories like the ones I love, dark and violent yet somehow still often humorous, and driven by heroes with heart and courage and a sense of justice that’s not always in line with what’s legal. Crime stories like that had me devouring countless private investigator novels, thrillers, and pretty much any series with a detective, public or private, but especially those with characters driven to do “the right thing.” Atticus and Rosemary embody what Raymond Chandler described in his essay The Simple Art of Murder: “But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid . . . He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor, by instinct, by inevitability, without thought of it, and certainly without saying it.” It is crucial to me to have a woman who lived up to this billing, perhaps even more so than the man, and Rosemary more than fits that bill. Q - What order should I read the series in? A – I suggest you read the series in the chronological order below, however each works perfectly as a standalone. Be sure not to go by publication order, because the series was not published in chronological order. #0 - A Nice Jagged Edge (An Atticus & Rosemary Mystery Thriller Series Prequel) #1 - Children From Dark Houses (An Atticus & Rosemary Mystery Thriller Series) #2 - The Black Song Inside (An Atticus & Rosemary Mystery Thriller Series) #2.5 - There are Degrees to this Darkness (An Atticus Mystery Thriller Novella - coming soon) Atticus & Rosemary Private Investigator Mystery Crime Thriller Series Categories: - Private Investigator Series - Mystery Series - Crime Thrillers - Private Detective Novels - African-American Mystery, Suspense & Thriller - Woman Sleuth - Humorous Mysteries