Harry Starke

Why was she on the bridge that terrible night? It’s after midnight, in a blinding snowstorm. A beautiful young woman runs onto the Walnut Street bridge.
Unable to sleep, former Chattanooga PD detective, Harry Starke, is on that same bridge, at that same moment . . . . . . The young woman climbs up on the ledge, Harry sees her and knows what she's about to do. She hesitates as she turns to see Harry rushing towards her. She steps off the edge just as he reaches her. Harry grabs her wrist and stares down into her terrified eyes . . . . . . She slips through his fingers.
Tabitha Willard was beautiful, wealthy, and had everything to live for, so why did she take her own life?
Why was she on the bridge that terrible night?
Who was she running away from?
What did powerful US Congressman Gordon “little Billy” Harper have to do with it?

And then there’s Lester, “Shady” Tree, a crooked entrepreneur, and a man with secrets. What about him?
Why did she leap to her death into the murky waters of the Tennessee?

Harry Starke wants to know, and his search for answers leads him deep into the shadows of the city’s underworld, and, as he slowly peels back layer upon layer of an intricate secret society, and reveals their dirty secrets, the body count begins to rise. And he knows that somewhere in the mystery lies the key to Tabitha’s suicide. It is a tangled web he must unravel to find the ultimate truth.

Can Starke find the answers he needs and stop the carnage?
Welcome to the world of PI Harry Starke. He’s dark, dangerous and driven. If you love a good mystery, edge of the seat thrillers, then you’ll love this gritty series opener.