WHERE THE BONES LIE

A quick but weighty update: my next novel, a California detective thriller titled WHERE THE BONES LIE, is coming out March 2025 via new crime imprint Datura. Pre-orders are up on the Penguin Random House website, with the links of your choice (Amazon, Bookshop.org, etc.). I’d love it if you pre-ordered, as that has an impact on the size of the eventual print run!

What’s the book about? Glad you asked! Here’s the official publisher description:

For Dash Fuller, Hollywood’s underbelly is home sweet home. He’s spent years helping disappear the film industry’s worst secrets, and it’s left him a cynical burnout who loves bourbon a little too much. But when a young woman named Madeline Ironwood comes to him with a peculiar quest, Dash sees a chance at redemption.

Madeline is the daughter of Ken Ironwood, a notorious smuggler and murderer who disappeared 20 years ago. Ken’s skeleton was recently discovered in a barrel at the bottom of a dried-up lake, and Madeline wants to know who killed him. Dash agrees to help, and as this desperate daughter and jaded cynic claw their way through a world of sun-bleached secrets, crooked cops, and Hollywood thugs, they soon uncover a massive conspiracy involving some of L.A’s most powerful people…

TL;DR version: Spooky clues! Existential dread! Wildfires! A mysterious figure in a skull mask!

If you're a book reviewer, Datura is also providing a handy form you can use to quickly and easily sign up for ARCs, if you feel so inclined! (Please feel so inclined... the more reviews, the merrier. :))