Billy Povich

Highly praised by both reviewers and mystery writers, Mark Arsenault introduces a stunning new suspense series with his courtroom drama, Gravewriter. Billy Povich used to be a journalist. He lost his wife because of his gambling habit, and then she died in a car crash. Now he finds himself writing obituaries and living with his elderly father and seven-year-old son, Bo. Billy plans to kill the man who was at the wheel the night of his wife's death. But then, a summons to jury duty for a murder trial delays Billy's agenda. As the trial heats up, Billy finds that his little boy spots danger faster than he does, and a frantic and deadly chase begins with Billy as the prey.

In this next electrifying thriller from up-and-coming author Mark Arsenault, former journalist and beaten-down gambler, Billy Povich, returns to aid Martin Smothers, the Patron Lawyer of Hopeless Causes. Martin's old law partner, the well-respected superior court judge Gilbert Harmony, has been shot by a thief who dies in a car crash. The cops close the case, but Martin doesn't believe a two-bit shoplifter would suddenly kill a judge, somebody must have paid him to do it. The suspects range from a vengeful mobster to a jealous brother to the judge's widow, and, oops, his mistress and her son. And, as Billy comes closer to the truth, it isn't long before the killer takes aim at him.