Description:
In Book 5 of the Pete Stone Private Investigator series, an indefatigable Wichita detective, oft-champion of the downtrodden, is compelled to take on a case to prove the innocence of a shell-shocked WWI veteran accused of arson and murder.
Brief description: Michael D. Graves created the character of Pete Stone as a memorial to his grandfather. The first and the third in the series were selected as Kansas Notable Books: To Leave a Shadow (2016) and All Hallows' Shadows (2021). All Hallows' Shadows was also the J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award winner by the Kansas Authors Club in 2020 and a silver medalist in the Midwest Book Awards in 2021.Mike's writing has appeared in Cheap Detective Stories, Thorny Locust, Flint Hills Review, and elsewhere. He is an author of Green Bike, a group novel, along with Kevin Rabas and Tracy Million Simmons. He lives with his wife in Emporia, Kansas. They are both members of the Kansas Authors Club. When life conjures its riddles, Mike turns to back roads and baseball for answers.