Smoke Showing

A Mystery Romance

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Volunteer firefighter Jake Crowley leads an arson investigation into the dark side of picturesque Upstate New York where brutal winters and a struggling economy produce deadly results.

As Jake unravels a fire victim’s conspiracy theories, he discovers a tangle of secrets and deceit surrounding the bankruptcy of one of the last businesses to survive from the 19th century.

Amidst a stoic and independent community, he also finds the possibility of love that can lift him beyond his isolated life after his own dreams crashed so suddenly and left him feeling that his glory days, like those of the region, were long gone.

Smoke Showing is a mystery/romance novel featuring vivid imagery and a fast pace as it takes its characters on a twist-filled ride from a seemingly ordinary house fire to a smuggling operation.