Cruel Comfort (Evan Buckley Thrillers Book 1)

Evan Buckley didn’t think his life could get any worse—for five, long years he’s searched in vain for his wife who went to work one day and never came home, and, in his job as a two-bit private investigator, he spends his days and nights poking around in life’s grubbier corners.

He was wrong, and when his latest case ends in disaster, he’s at the end of his tether—until he finds himself thrown by chance into a long-dead investigation: one that everybody wants to stay that way. When Linda Clayton’s boy vanished without trace ten years ago— shortly followed by her husband—everyone jumped to the same easy conclusion: the husband did it.

Unfortunately, no one ever showed Evan how to do easy, and he vows to uncover the truth—and in the process hopes to find some relief from his own tormented past. As he digs deeper, he’s forced to go up against Matt Faulkner, ex-Chief of Police, to find out what he’s hiding—and who he’s protecting. As the suspense ratchets up, Evan is caught up in a desperate fight for his life as he plunges headlong towards the cruel comfort that awaits them all.