The Ink-Stained Confession

<p><em>1920s Chicago - '</em><br>When reporter <strong>Evelyn Drake</strong> turns up dead Detective <strong>Declan Marr</strong> is assigned the kind of case nobody wants: no witnesses and no motive - at least not at first glance. The more Marr pulls at the threads Evelyn left behind the more he uncovers a quiet network of men who move money favors and threats through the city without ever being seen. A network people whisper about but never name.<br><br>And they've already marked their next target.<br><br>With a frightened young man on the run a journalist who won't stay on the sidelines and city officials warning him to walk away Marr is forced into a corner - the kind where nothing stays clean and no help comes without a price.<br>The only way out is to push back.<br><br><em>In a city built on silence Declan Marr is the one man willing to break it.</em><br><em>Book One of <strong>The Declan Marr Files</strong></em></p>