Gumshoe Rock

Private-investigator-in-training Mort Angel has the dubious reputation as a locator of famous missing people—he’s been known to find some of their body parts when they’re dead. After meeting with Maude “Ma” Clary, head of Clary Investigations, he and his lover/assistant Lucy Landry find someone ripped the roof of Lucy’s Mustang convertible. That someone also dropped a human skull into the driver’s seat. Because it’s the skull of Ronald Soranden, the missing chief IRS agent in northern Nevada, Clary Investigations’ latest case involves the police, the FBI, and, of course, the IRS. Why would such a weird murder case link to the team’s latest embezzlement investigation? It must be Mort’s knack for involvement in cases involving body parts and missing people. The latest Gumshoe novel is darkly humorous and unconventional, with a PI aware of the absurdity of his career.