A Killing Frost by Michael A. Black (Ron Shade Series, Book 1) from Books In Motion.com

It started as a simple missing person case. Maria Castro came to private detective Ron Shade because her friend Juanita was desperate to find her fiancé It all seemed pretty standarduntil the missing fiancé was found floating in a canal. From there the search for something resembling the truth led Shade deeper and deeper into the darkness, in a world of murder, conspiracy and cover-ups. But Shade wont be satisfied with the truth. Hes looking for justice.