Framed

P.I. Frank Johnson travels to Hogshead Beach, Virginia, a sleazy beach hamlet on the Potomac River. He looks into the murder of his old flame, Vera Freeman, who worked at the plastic bag factory. Her ex, Sal Duckworth, who is Frank's client lives on a dilapidated houseboat. Frank quickly discovers a racist cult, who dislikes persistent and nosy PIs, has been active in the local area. Things get complicated and messy in a hurry as they often do in Frank's world.Frank relies on his long-time friend and business partner, Gerald Peyton; his medical examiner wife, Dreema; and his brilliant but outspoken attorney, Robert Gatlin, as he always does. While juggling this case with his other cases, Frank works long hours to ensure that each of his clients receives a satisfactory resolution. Critically acclaimed crime novelist James Crumley endorsed the P.I. Frank Johnson Mystery Series. "With a plot as complex as your grandmother's crocheted doilies, Mr. Lynskey creates a portrait of the rural hill country that rings as true as the clank of a Copenhagen can on a PBR can, as does his handle on guns, love, and betrayal. This novel is well worth the read and makes me want more." #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins states, "Ed Lynskey's P.I. Frank Johnson's books are as hard-bitten and hard-boiled as they come. The dialogue crackles with such sharpness that you'd swear sparks were jumping off the pages. And P.I. Frank Johnson is a character cut from the Tarantino mold: tough, wounded, conflicted, and badass." New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winning author Megan Abbott writes the P.I. Frank Johnson mystery series, which "bears the richest nicotine and bourbon stains of the hardboiled genre, yet also bristles with vitality. The plot sings, the characters are twisty and textured, and the violence is brutal but inevitable. These elements would be more than enough, yet Ed Lynskey offers so much more in the form of a perfectly pitched prose style that swings effortlessly from back-country grit to Appalachian poetry and back again."