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Skin the Cat: Volume 1
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In this noir character driven debut, rising star Chicago homicide investigator Shade Bardane's wife suddenly dies in a freak accident. With his life turned upside down and drowning in tumblers of booze, the single father of two young children quickly disintegrates. The detective becomes useless at work. Chicago itself transforms into a darkened tomb where precious memories of Emily are soaked in the tragedy of her death. The detective decides to give up the drink and relocate mountain hamlet called Story Mount beneath the Cumberland Mountains of southeastern Kentucky.Deep in the mountains, the...
In this noir character driven debut, rising star Chicago homicide investigator Shade Bardane's wife suddenly dies in a freak accident. With his life turned upside down and drowning in tumblers of booze, the single father of two young children quickly disintegrates. The detective becomes useless at work. Chicago itself transforms into a darkened tomb where precious memories of Emily are soaked in the tragedy of her death. The detective decides to give up the drink and relocate mountain hamlet called Story Mount beneath the Cumberland Mountains of southeastern Kentucky.Deep in the mountains, the detective hopes to take a hiatus from life, but enjoying the simple rural wonders of idyllic Story Mount are soon disrupted by the glaring fact that big city problems have beat him thereA stroll a few blocks off the main square, Shade swallows hard when he finds hoodlums with tattooed necks hopping into junk cars with smiling toothless, methamphetamine faces. Yet unlike Chicago, traveling a few miles in any direction finds Mother Nature at her finest, with sweeping vistas, clean mountains and sparkling lakes.But before Shade can throw a lure into the water, the murders start. Cruel. Torturous. Local wealthy women, begin showing up skinned alive. Shade joins the most disturbing investigation of his life and soon discovers after bringing the suspect into custody that the real killer lurks very close by...