A Beer at a Bawdy House

Chicago bishop Peter Keegan is everything a man of the cloth should be--a loyal son to his ailing mother and an upstanding member of the local community. But when a blackmailer threatens to reveal a dark secret hiding somewhere in his past, he quickly turns for help to Wild Onion, Ltd., the sharp partnership made up of lawyer-and-private-investigator, husband-and-wife Dugan and Kirsten.

Peter's problems begin with only a few disturbing messages but escalate into a whirlwind of real danger. Kirsten and Dugan try to uncover the identity and the motive of Peter's anonymous tormentor, tracing the trouble back to one dark night in the bishop's otherwise ordinary life, and then even further back. But trying to get to the bottom of this increasingly sinister plot, protect Peter, and deal with the interference of Peter's estranged brother, Chief of Police Walter Keegan, with whom Kirsten already has a difficult relationship, may prove to be too much.

Following A Ticket to Die For, the acclaimed debut of this new series, Edgar finalist David J. Walker delivers another crafty tale of murder and intrigue in which even the innocent have secrets to hide and even the just aren't always safe.


Genre: Mystery