The Lost Boy

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Can Officer Callum Nowak face his childhood phobia of the woods in time to catch a killer and save a missing boy</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As soon as Callum Cal Nowak aged out of foster care at the age of eighteen he fled his small hometown in the Catskill Mountains hoping to leave his traumatic childhood in the past. Landing in New York City he joined the police force.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Fourteen years later while placed on administrative leave for roughing up a suspect Cal returns home for a visit. Everywhere he turns he's reminded of his mother's brutal murder which he witnessed when he was a child.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When the husband of the woman he dated in high school before he came out dies in his arms from a gunshot wound he must find the killer before she goes to prison for a crime she didn't commit. Having no official jurisdiction in the town though he must be discreet which proves no easy feat.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Aided by a handsome stranger who awakens feelings Cal didn't know he could have he ventures into the woods where he spent five of the worst days and nights of his life hiding from his mother's killer and together they uncover important evidence in the case.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when a local boy goes missing can Cal face his phobia alone and save the boy? Or will his childhood trauma defeat him?</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Set in 2002 </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>The Lost Boy</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is the first novel in the Nyes Landing Crime Mystery series. If you enjoy small town murder mysteries with a touch of gay romance like Joseph Hansen's </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Fadeout</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Michael Nava's </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lay Your Sleeping Head</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> or </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Pretty Pretty Boys</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> by Gregory Ashe don't miss this gripping and emotional read that will keep you on the edge of your seat.</span></p>