Dead Lines

Hours after he claims to have solved a decades-old murder whose solution has evaded Pittsburgh Police, crime writer Parker Stevens is found murdered in his garage. When detective Lydia Barnwell is assigned to investigate, she and her partner, Lyle Jeffrey, learn the victim had a tangled personal life and financial issues that threatened bankruptcy. Could this provide a motive for his slaying?

While Jeffrey digs into his background, Lydia looks into the cold case, convinced his revelation ab...