In His Shadow — Dave Zeltserman

Denver private eye Johnny Lane runs a thriving agency. In fact, he's so busy that he has to contract out his overflow cases. When Johnny's approached by a young woman to find her birth parents, he's willing to take the case for almost nothing. It would be easy, and a breath of fresh air compared to the lowlife cases he was currently mired in.

The last thing Johnny expected was the path this case would lead him down. As Johnny's dark side becomes horrifyingly clear, the chasm between words and reality grows wider and circumstances of past and present deeds press in on him.

Soon, everything good in Johnny's life is unraveling and telling his client the truth about her parents would be nothing less than devastating -- and potentially deadly.

Praise for In His Shadow

"In His Shadow...has plenty of shocks. Zeltserman leads the reader...with smooth prose and a sure hand. This one's a noir keeper." -- Bill Crider, author of A Knife in the Back

"Zeltserman spins a fascinating tale...definitely not for the squeamish." -- Peggy Guinn Bowen, MurderExpress.net

"A tale that spirals...into a pit of noir, lies, betrayal, murder...and worse!" -- Gary Lovisi, Hardboiled magazine

"...flows like a Lawrence Block thriller. More tension and suspense than anyone can anticipate." -- Phillip Tomasso III, BookBrowser.com and author
of Third Ring and the upcoming Johnny Blade

"...a brilliant idea...ambitious...In His Shadow is an interesting descent into the darkest levels of noir...." -- E. Borgers, HardBoiledMysteries.com

"...appeal(s) to readers who crave new work...another hard-boiled romp in some blood-soaked hay." -- Publishers Weekly