Dust

Evan Reed earns her living uncovering the inconvenient histories political candidates would rather keep hidden. Raising a teenage daughter alone leaves her little patience for nonsense, and a new assignment appears straightforward: investigate a charismatic junior senator with a promising national future. Instead, Evan finds evidence pointing toward murder. The senator’s reclusive wife adds another layer of uncertainty, carrying secrets that make the case increasingly personal. What began as professional background research becomes a dangerous inquiry into the distance between a public image and the life concealed behind it. The first Evan Reed mystery introduces an investigator whose ability to find trouble makes keeping her own world steady a difficult task.