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.