Trace: 1

Devlin Tracy is a very good insurance investigator in a profession that rewards success. He lives in a luxury condo on the Las Vegas Strip and only works when he feels like it. He also drinks vodka by the pint cracks wise to damn-near everyone and has what can charitably be described as a complicated relationship with his girlfriend. None of that matters to the Garrison Fidelity Insurance Company. Theyre interested in results. Which is why they keep Trace on retainer. Problem: A patient at a private clinic died shortly after making his doctor the beneficiary of his insurance policy. Suspicious. Now a wealthy friend of the Garrison Fidelity is a patient at the same private clinic and he isnt doing well. Troubling. Solution: Send Trace who has a natural way of shaking things up. On the surface everyones friendly and nothing points to murder fraud or larceny. A late-night beatdown from two masked thugs sends a very different message however and tells Trace that hes onto something. If only he could figure out what hes onto. Trace is the first in a series of suspense novels featuring the charmingly hardboiled insurance investigator.