In "The Dread Line," the fifth novel in Bruce DeSilva's Edgar Award-winning series of crime novels, Liam Mulligan is piecing a new life together after getting fired from his investigative reporting newspaper job. He's getting some part-time work with his friend McCracken's detective agency, picking up beer money by freelancing for a local news website, and looking after his semi-retired mobster-friend's bookmaking business.
But Mulligan still manages to find trouble. He's feuding with a cat that keeps leaving its kills on his porch. He's obsessed with a baffling jewelry heist. And he's enraged that someone in town is torturing animals. All this keeps distracting him from a big case that needs his attention. The New England Patriots, shaken by murder charges against their superstar tight end, have hired Mulligan and McCracken to investigate the background of a college athlete they are thinking of drafting. At first, the job seems routing, but as soon as they start asking questions, they get push-back. The player, it seems, has something to hide - and someone is willing to kill to make sure it remains secret.
Release date is 9-6-16 and the book can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/Dread-Line-Mulligan-Novel-Liam/dp/0765374331/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470767504&sr=1-1&keywords=bruce+desilva
