Sunday dinners are something I always look forward to with my parents. Until today. Dad’s heading out for a fishing trip with his friends, so Mom switched it to Saturday lunch and topped it off by insisting Meg and I bring our boyfriends. I’m honestly not sure I want JJ to meet them. Yet. Our […]

fter a crazy, surreal day at work, the last thing I want to do is jump into a fresh case. The universe has different plans. Welcome to my world. I’m Charlize Schock, private investigator, and, like my last name, shock is what I experience as the next few seconds unfold. The air outside is that […]

My name is Megan Eleanor Schock and I rebuild the dead. I’m not being dramatic either. As we speak, I’m contemplating Emily, a woman who sits in the corner of my office where I greet her every morning and promise justice. She’s young. Probably a teenager, tossed away like trash and left to the utter […]