Phil Pfeiffer Thriller

The US never leaves a soldier behind. Almost never. After a failed black ops mission in the dark days of the Afghanistan War, desert tribesmen return a wounded American soldier. After months of rehabilitation for a broken back and a damaged spirit, Phil Pfeiffer returns to civilian life as a private detective tracking cheating spouses and bail jumpers. When a philandering husband goes missing, however, nothing is right with the investigation or the search for the husband's body. After the insurance company is forced to pay off, the widow spots her husband's photo in a celebrity magazine and sends Pfeiffer to unravel the mystery. Before he can, the absent man dies a second time this time leaving the detective fighting for his own life.

Phil Pfeiffer, a private detective makes his living chasing bail-skips and photographing cheating spouses. He's also a former Army Ranger who agrees to protect a lovely singer from an unpredictable and savage ex-boyfriend. Struggling with his own demons, he survives a Wild West shootout and uncovers a plot to steal a billion-dollar industry. When the moment comes to settle a question left unanswered on the battlefield, he weighs his own life against the killer and chooses to take both.

At the precipice of an extraordinary medical advancement, a university campus is shaken by the tragic leap of a young researcher. The coroner decrees death by suicide. The parents claim it's murder at the hands of the Department Head. Despite the efforts of countless private and cold case police experts, the evidence remains elusive. Justice lingers unfulfilled until a grainy pirated video emerges threatening to spin the inquiry, the university, and the medical establishment into chaos. Phil Pfeiffer and Lisa Calendar delve deep as the looming threat of a dark malevolence seeks revenge and mayhem. Armed with determination and a relentless pursuit of truth, husband and wife peel back the layers of greed and jealousy to find a haunting and evil shadow.