“defying genre conventions, Rhyno delivers a wholly intriguing mystery unlike any other … easily equal to the great twists of the grand masters of the mystery and thriller genres” —Jeff Dupuis, The Miramichi Reader
Dame Polara spent her childhood picking locks, tailing suspects, and helping her hard-boiled PI father solve cases. She knows all the tricks of the trade, but long ago ran from her father’s shady, often dangerous profession. What Dame wants now is simple: her safe job preserving heritage buildings, adequate care for her aging father, and to start a family of her own. But you can’t always get what you want.
After serving her an eviction notice, Dame’s landlord offers her an alternative: she can keep her apartment if she investigates his mysterious—and possibly unfaithful—wife. When the investigation uncovers a serial arsonist burning down the very buildings Dame fights to preserve, she finds herself pulled back into the seedy underworld of her father’s profession. Now, a target, she must deploy all the skills he taught her if she’s to protect herself and the people she cares about most.
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