J.L. Riley / TBD
A brutal murder. A missing friend. A deadly secret. And a case that may not be what it seems.Richard Gridson expects nothing more than a quiet Friday evening when he takes the stairs to his apartment. Instead, he becomes the horrified witness to a savage murder, and catches a glimpse of one of the killers.What Richard doesn’t know is that this murder is only the beginning.The victim, Camilla Schurtz, was a federal security advisor. And when investigators discover Richard’s name and address on her phone, the witness suddenly becomes a person of interest.Then Richard’s longtime friend, Matt Hearn, disappears.Within hours, Matt is found brutally murdered, and security footage reveals that the same men connected to Camilla’s murder may have taken him from his own apartment. As Richard tries to understand what is happening, he finds himself caught between suspicious detectives, dangerous men who seem to know everything about him, and questions he cannot answer.Why was Camilla investigating Richard?Why was Matt targeted?What did Matt know?And why does Richard seem to be at the center of it all?With the police watching him and unknown enemies following his every move, Richard turns to his unconventional neighbor Federica 'Freddy' Conese and his battle-hardened attorney Daniel Betts for help. Together, they begin piecing together clues hidden in a mysterious black book; clues that connect the victims, the investigation, and a name that threatens to change everything Richard thought he knew.As the mystery unfolds, every apparent answer creates another question.Because sometimes the most important clue is the one everyone overlooks.HORSEFEATHERS is a fast-moving murder mystery filled with danger, deception, mistaken identity, and unexpected twists-where the truth may be hiding in plain sight.
